Acacia amoena

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 amoena
Name

Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl., 1820
Synonyms

Racosperma amoenum (H.L.Wendl.) Pedley

Homonyms

Acacia amoena Sieber ex Walp. = Acacia rubida A.Cunn.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia amoena

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Victoria

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

Wendland, H.L., 1820. Commentatio de Acaciis Aphyllis 4, 16, t. 4.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia amoena 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 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia amoena. Published online. Accessed: Jul 24 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia amoena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 24.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia amoena. 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 24 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia amoena in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Boomerang Wattle

Acacia amoena, commonly known as boomerang wattle,[1][2] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia.

Description

The shrub has an erect to spreading habit and typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 3 m (1 ft 8 in to 9 ft 10 in) and has reddish brown branchlets. The linear phyllodes have an oblanceolate to elliptic shape and are straight or slightly curved with a length of 2 to 8.5 cm (0.79 to 3.35 in) and a width of 5 to 12 mm (0.20 to 0.47 in). It blooms between July and December and produces inflorescences with bright to pale yellow flowers.[3] The inflorescence occur as 6 to 21 racemes along an axis of 1 to 6.5 cm (0.39 to 2.56 in). The spherical flower heads contain six to twelve bright golden flower with dark brown bracteoles. After flowering dark brown to black linear seed pods form with a length of around 9 cm (3.5 in) and a width of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in). The oblong to elliptic shaped seeds within have a length of 3.5 to 5 mm (0.14 to 0.20 in).[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Heinrich Wendland in 1820 as part of the work Commentatio de Acaciis aphyllis. It is also often confused with Acacia rubida[4] The species belongs to the Acacia microbotrya group and is closely related to Acacia kydrensis and similar to Acacia chalkeri and Acacia rubida.[2]
Distribution

It is found along the Great Dividing Range in western parts of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria where it is often a part of dry sclerophyll forest or open woodland communities[3] on rocky slopes and creek banks[2] growing in rocky soils.[3] The bulk of the population has a discontinuous distribution from around Walcha in the north down to the upper reaches of the Snowy River north-eastern Victoria.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia amoena Boomerang Wattle". Australian Plants Society NSW. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
"Acacia amoena". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
"Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
"Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl. (misapplied to Acacia rubida)". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 March 2019.