Acacia argyraea

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 argyraea
Name

Acacia argyraea Tindale, 1970
Synonyms

Racosperma argyraeum (Tindale) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia argyraea

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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

Tindale, M.D., 1970. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4: 141.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia argyraea 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 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia argyraea. Published online. Accessed: Jul 25 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia argyraea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 25.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia argyraea. 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 25 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia argyraea is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to tropical parts of northern Australia.

Description

The silvery-grey shrub typically grows to a height of 0.8 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft).[3] It has smooth, grey to brown coloured bark with two or three angled branchlets covered in dense silky hairs. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The flat and evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to elliptic shape with a length of 4 to 8 cm (1.6 to 3.1 in) and a width of 15 to 35 mm (0.59 to 1.38 in) and have three to six prominent longitudinal nerves present of the face if the phyllode.[4] It blooms from April to July producing yellow flowers.[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area of the Kimberley region of Western Australia,[3] to the Northern Territory and north western Queensland[5] north of around 20° in latitude, but is considered to be quite rare in Queensland. It is often in found around areas of shale, but also will grow in lateritic and sandy soils.[4]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia argyrea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
Tindale, M.D. in Anderson, R.H. (ed.) (1970) Notes on Australian taxa of Acacia No. 2. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(3): 141.
"Acacia argyraea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
"Acacia argyraea". Wattle- Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
Govaerts, R. et. al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Acacia argyrea. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 March 2019.