Acacia dacrydioides

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Acacia dacrydioides
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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. dacrydioides
Binomial name
Acacia dacrydioides
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]

Racosperma dacrydioides(Tindale) Pedley

Acacia dacrydioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Western Australia. It is an arching, spreading shrub with linear to more or less terete phyllodes with a fine point on the end, spikes of yellow flowers and pods appearing somewhat like a string of beads.

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Description

Acacia dacrydioides is an arching, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has hairy, terete, fawn to reddish brown branchlets. Its phyllodes are linear, more or less terete, 6–13 mm (0.24–0.51 in) long and 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in) wide and sparsely hairy with a midvein along the centre line. Flowering occurs from March to June and the flowers are yellow and are borne in spikes 8–22 mm (0.31–0.87 in) long. The pods are 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide and appear somewhat like a strong of beads. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Acacia dacrydioides was first formally described in 1975 by Mary Tindale in the journal Telopea from specimens collected in 1971, near the Kalumburu Mission by John Richard Maconochie. [2] [6] The specific epithet (dacrydioides) alludes to the "superficial resemblance to members of the genus Dacrydium ". [3]

Distribution

This species of wattle is endemic to the Northern Kimberley bioregion in the north of Western Australia, where it grows on sandstone and quartzite ridges and amongst rocks . [7] The bulk of the population is found in the King Edward River district near the Kalumburu Mission. [3] [4]

Conservation status

"Acacia dacrydioides" is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia dacrydioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Tindale, Mary D. (1975). "Notes on Australian taxa of Acacia No. 4". Telopea. 1 (1): 77–78. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Tindale, Mary D.; Kodela, Phillip G. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia dacrydioides". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Acacia dacrydioides". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Acacia dacrydioides". Australian Biological Reseource Study. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Acacia dacrydioides". APNI. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Acacia dacrydioides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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