Acacia aculeiformis

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Acacia aculeiformis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. aculeiformis
Binomial name
Acacia aculeiformis
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]
  • Racosperma aculeiforme(Maslin) Pedley

Acacia aculeiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is prostrate, scrambling, mat-forming shrub with asymmetrical elliptic to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, and spherical heads of light to medium golden-yellow or yellowish-red flowers.

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Description

Acacia aculeiformis is a prostrate, scrambling, mat-forming shrub that has many stems and that typically grows up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wide. Its phyllodes are more or less glabrous, asymmetrical elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide with spiny stipules 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long at the base. Between 27 and 39 light to medium golden-yellow or yellowish-red flowers are arranged in 1 or 2 spherical heads 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) long on a peduncle 6–17 mm (0.24–0.67 in) long. Flowering has been observed from August to January. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Acacia aculeiformis was first formally described in 1999 by Bruce Maslin in the journal Nuytsia from specimens he collected 10.5 km (6.5 mi) north of Three Springs in 1983. [5] [6] The specific epithet (aculeiformis) means "prickle-shaped" and refers to the stipules. [7]

Distribution and habitat

This species of wattle occurs in scattered locations from Mogumber and Three Springs in gravelly soils on rocky rises, breakaways and hills in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia aculeiformis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Acacia aculeiformis Maslin, Nuytsia 12: 317 (1999)". World Wide Wattle. Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Acacia aculeiformis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia acanthaster". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 Maslin, Bruce R. (1999). "Acacia miscellany 16. The taxonomy of fifty-five species of Acacia, primarily Western Australian, in section Phyllodineae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)". Nuytsia. 12 (3): 317–318. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Acacia aculeiformis". APNI. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 127. ISBN   9780958034180.
  8. ↑ "Acacia aculeiformis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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