Acacia aciphylla

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Acacia
' Species: Acacia aciphylla
Name

Acacia aciphylla Benth., 1855
Synonyms

Racosperma aciphyllum (Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia aciphylla

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Bentham, G., 1855. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 26:627.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia aciphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia aciphylla. Published online. Accessed: Jul 23 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia aciphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 23.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia aciphylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. Jul. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: Jul 23 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia aciphylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Acacia aciphylla is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to the Mid West region of Western Australia.[1]

Description

The shrub is prickly with a dense and bushy habit typically growing to a height of 0.6 to 1.8 metres (2 to 6 ft).[1] It has glabrous branchlets and phyllodes. The sessile phyllodes are decurrent on branchlets. They are rigid, erect, straight and terete to slightly rhombic in cross-section. Each phyllode is 6 to 12 centimetres (2.4 to 4.7 in) in length with a diameter of about 1.5 millimetres (0.06 in).[2] It flowers from July to September producing densely packed golden-yellow flowers. The inflorescences are simple with two found 2 per axil. The heads of each inflorescence has an obloid shape and are about 6 to 9 millimetres (0.24 to 0.35 in) in length with a diameter of around 2 mm (0.08 in). Following flowering, seed pods are produced that have a linear shape that is slightly raised between seeds. the pods are straight with a length of about 9 cm (4 in) and a width of 2.5 mm (0.10 in).[2]
Classification

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1855 in the work Plantae Muellerianae: Mimoseae as published in the work Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. Synonyms for the species include Racosperma aciphyllum.[3]

Two varieties are recognized :

Acacia aciphylla var. aciphylla
Acacia aciphylla var. leptostachys[1]

Distribution

The plant will grown in sandy, loamy and lateritic soils and on granite outcrops and rocky ridges[1] in mixed shrub-land communities. It has a broken distribution between Kalbarri, Mullewa and Morawa.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia aciphylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
"Acacia aciphylla". WorldWideWattle. Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
"Acacia aciphylla Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 March 2018.