Acacia epacantha

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Acacia epacantha
Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — 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. epacantha
Binomial name
Acacia epacantha
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Acacia lasiocarpa var. epacantha (Maslin) Racosperma epacanthum (Maslin)

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Acacia epacantha is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area in the south west of Australia.

Description

The dense bushy spiny shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.5 metres (0.7 to 1.6 ft) [1] and has a spreading habit with branchlets that have axillary 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long spines that around found singly on each node. The single pair of pinnae have a length of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in) and have two pairs of pinnules with a length of 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in) and a width of 0.7 to 1.5 mm (0.028 to 0.059 in). [2] It blooms from July to August and produces yellow flowers. [1]

It is closely related to Acacia fagonioides, and they are the members of Acacia pulchella group. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1979 as a part of the work Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae) - 9 Additional notes on the Series Pulchellae Benth. as published in the journal Nuytsia . It was reclassified as Racosperma epacanthum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006. [3]

Distribution

It is native to an area on the west coast in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it is commonly found growing in gravelly lateritic loam or clay soils. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acacia epacantha". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. 1 2 "Acacia epacantha". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Acacia epacantha (Maslin) Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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