| Acacia fleckeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. fleckeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia fleckeri | |
 | |
| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia fleckeri is an Australian tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves [1] that is endemic to northeastern Australia.
 | This section may be too technical for most readers to understand.(July 2022) |
The tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 13 m (9.8 to 42.7 ft) and has glabrous and pendulous branchlets with small, corky, oval or elongated areas on the surface. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate shape that is usually inequilateral and straight straight or incurved slightly. The glabrous and thinly leathery phyllodes are 9 to 17 cm (3.5 to 6.7 in) in length and 13 to 45 mm (0.5 to 1.8 in) wide. The phyllodes have three to six main nerves and anastomosing longitudinal minor nerves. [2]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1978 as part of the work A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland as published in the journal Austrobaileya . It was classified by Pedley on 1987 as Racosperma fleckeri and returned to genus Acacia in 2001. [3]
It is found on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland from around Weipa in the west to around Bowden and the Pascoe and Wenlock Rivers in the east. It is often situated on shell mounds or along sandy river or creek banks as a part of fringing woodland communities along with species of Eucalyptus , Melaleuca , Leptospermum and other species of Acacia. [2]
Acacia eremaea is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area in western Australia.
Acacia longispinea is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Acacia ophiolithica is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves where it is endemic to a small area along the south west coast of Australia.
Acacia speckii is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area in central western Australia.
Acacia tingoorensis, also known as Tingoora wattle, is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to eastern Australia.
Acacia armillata is a tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to north eastern Australia
Acacia burrana is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to north eastern Australia
Acacia homaloclada, also commonly known as Hitchinbrook wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to north eastern Australia. It is listed as vulnerable according to the 1992 Nature Conservation Act.
Acacia hylonoma, commonly known as Yarrabah wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area of north eastern Australia.
Acacia johannis is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area of north eastern Australia.
Acacia legnota, also known as heath wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north eastern Australia.
Acacia leptoloba, also known as Irvinebank wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north eastern Australia.
Acacia maranoensis, commonly known as womel, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area in north eastern Australia.
Acacia melvillei, commonly known as yarran, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to south eastern Australia.
Acacia microsperma, commonly known as bowyakka, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of eastern Australia]. It is rated as least concern according to the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Acacia ommatosperma is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north western Australia.
Acacia racospermoides is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of northeastern Australia.
Acacia rothii, commonly known as tooroo, Roth's wattle, lancewood and spoon tree, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an are in north eastern Australia.
Acacia venulosa, commonly known as veiny wattle or veined wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of eastern Australia.
Acacia webbii is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north eastern Australia.