Acacia camptocarpa

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Acacia camptocarpa
Status DECF P1.svg
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. camptocarpa
Binomial name
Acacia camptocarpa

Acacia camptocarpa, commonly known as Ragged Range wattle, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the north of Western Australia. It is a subshrub with a lignotuber at its base and many stems, narrowly elliptic, leathery phyllodes, spikes of golden yellow flowers, and oblong to narrowly oblong, thinly leathery to papery, curved pods up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long.

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Description

Acacia camptocarpa is a lignotuberous, many-stemmed subshrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–1 m (2 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has sticky new shoots. Its phyllodes are narrowly elliptic, 60–110 mm (2.4–4.3 in) long and 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) wide with three veins more prominent than the rest. The flowers are borne in one or two spikes 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long in axils on a peduncle 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long, the spikes containing many golden yellow flowers. The pods are oblong to narrowly oblong, thinly leathery to papery, mostly strongly curved 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) wide containing oblong to slightly elliptic, very dark brown seeds 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Acacia camptocarpa was first formally described in 2013 by Bruce Maslin, Matthew Barrett and Russell Barrett in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Russell Barrett south-south-west of Kununurra in 2012. [6] The specific epithet (camptocarpa) means "bent, curved or flexible fruit'. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This species of wattle is only known from the Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley and Ord Victoria Plain bioregions of northern Western Australia where it grows on loam on gentle sandstone slopes in open woodland. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Acacia camptocarpa is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia, [5] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Acacia camptocarpa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Maslin, Bruce R.; Kodela, Phillip G. "Acacia camptocarpa". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Maslin, Bruce R.; Barrett, Matthew David Barrett; Barrett, Russell Lindsay Barrett (2013). "A baker's dozen of new wattles highlights significant Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) diversity and endemism in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia". Nuytsia. 23: 549–552. doi:10.58828/nuy00690 . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Acacia camptocarpa". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Acacia camptocarpa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ↑ "Acacia camptocarpa". APNI. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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