Acacia amentifera

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Acacia amentifera
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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. amentifera
Binomial name
Acacia amentifera

Acacia amentifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a very restricted part of the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with clusters of oblong to lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in spikes of golden yellow flowers, and linear pods 47 mm (1.9 in) long.

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Description

Acacia amentifera is a shrub which grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has arching branchlets. Its phyllodes are arranged in clusters of usually 3 to 5 in nodes, oblong and curved upwards, 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) long and 1–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide and finely wrinkled. The flowers are golden yellow and arranged in spikes 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long. Flowering has been observed in January and October and the fruit is a more or less linear pod up to 47 mm (1.9 in) long and about 4 mm (0.16 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Acacia amentifera was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in the Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. [4] [5]

Distribution and habitat

This Acacia species grows on sandstone pavement in the Northern Territory, and was previously only known from the type, but was rediscovered in October 2018 in Jasper Gorge. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Acacia amentifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Acacia amentifera". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia amentifera". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. "Acacia amentifera". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). "Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. 3: 141. Retrieved 2 July 2024.