Acacia burrowii

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Burrow's wattle
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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. burrowii
Binomial name
Acacia burrowii
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]
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Habit near Moonie

Acacia burrowii, commonly known as Burrow's wattle, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with ribbony, grey bark, leathery narrowly elliptic to very narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of golden yellow flowers, and linear, glabrous, thinly leathery to crust-like pods.

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Description

Acacia burrowii is a tree that typically grows to a height up to 13 m (43 ft), and has grey, ribbony bark. Its branchlets are scaly, glabrous, reddish-brown and slightly sticky. The phyllodes are narrowly to very narrowly elliptic, leathery, flat, mostly 30–110 mm (1.2–4.3 in) long and 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide and up to three prominent main veins. The flowers are golden-yellow and borne in spikes 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long on racemes 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in) long. Flowering occurs between July and October and the pods are straight or slightly curved, thinly leathery to crust-like, 40–110 mm (1.6–4.3 in) long and slightly constricted between the seeds. The seeds are dark brown to black, and oblong to elliptic. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Acacia burrowii was first formally described in 1920 by Joseph Maiden from specimens collected by "Gordon Burrow" in the Pilliga forest. [4] [6] The specific epithet (burrowii) honours Robert John Gordon Burrow, (known as Gordon Burrow), a forester in the Narrabri area. [7]

Distribution and habitat

This species of wattle grows in woodland and forest, sometimes in dense scrub, often on stony hillsides in north western New South Wales and south eastern Queensland. It is found on the plains between Cobar and Nyngan and north to Yetman and the Pilliga Scrub. In Queensland it occurs from around Goondiwindi and Moonie and north to around Eidsvold. [2] [5]

Conservation status

Acacia burrowii is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia burrowii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Kodela, Phillip G.; Tindale, Mary D. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia burrowii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Kodela, Phillip G.; Harden, Gwen J. " Acacia burrowii". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 Maiden, Joseph (1920). "Notes on Acacias, No. IV, with descriptions of new species". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 53: 227–231. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Acacia burrowii". WorldWideWattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Acacia burrowii". APNI. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Burrow, Robert John Gordon (1877 - 1957)". Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Taxon Record 15780 - Acacia burrowii". Queensland Government WildNet. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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