Acacia amanda

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Acacia amanda
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Herbarium specimen collected in Kakadu National Park
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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. amanda
Binomial name
Acacia amanda
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [2]
  • Acacia amanda Maslin nom. inval.
  • Racosperma amanda(G.J.Leach) Pedley
  • Acacia amandaMaslin nom. inval.
  • Racosperma amandaePedley orth. var.

Acacia amanda is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a very restricted part of the Northern Territory. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic or elliptic, leathery phyllodes, flowers arranged spherical heads of golden yellow flowers usually arranged in a raceme, and narrowly oblong pods 42–110 mm (1.7–4.3 in) long.

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Description

Acacia amanda is an erect, often multi-stemmed shrub which grows to a height of 0.4–2 m (1 ft 4 in – 6 ft 7 in). Its branchlets are smooth, and have a waxy bloom. Its phyllodes are thinly leathery, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, straight to strongly curved, 38–124 mm (1.5–4.9 in) long and 8–36 mm (0.31–1.42 in) wide with three main veins. The flowers are golden yellow and arranged in spherical heads of 35 to 53, the heads in racemes 75–180 mm (3.0–7.1 in) long, with up to 3 heads in each axil, on a peduncle 15–35 mm (0.59–1.38 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to November and the fruit is a glabrous, papery, narrowly oblong pod 42–110 mm (1.7–4.3 in) long and 7–13 mm (0.28–0.51 in) wide, and prominently raised over the seeds. The seeds are 6.0–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in) long. [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Acacia amanda was first formally described in 2001 by Gregory John Leach in the Flora of Australia from specimens he collected near the track to Jarrangbarnmi (Koolpin Gorge), in Kakadu National Park. [5] The specific epithet (amanda) honours Leach's wife. [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to a small area on the Arnhem Plateau in Kakadu. [1] [3] [4]

Conservation status

Acacia amanda is listed as "near threatened" under the Territory Parks Wildlife Conservation Act. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acacia amanda". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Acacia amanda". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Acacia amanda". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia amanda". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. "Acacia amanda". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 14 June 2024.