Acacia aulacocarpa

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 aulacocarpa
Name

Acacia aulacocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth., 1842
Synonyms

Acacia aulacocarpa var. fruticosa C.T.White
Racosperma aulacocarpum (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley

Misapplied names

Acacia aulacocarpa sens. Pedley (1975) = Acacia midgleyi M.W.McDonald & Maslin

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia aulacocarpa

Continental: Pacific
New Guinea
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Queensland

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

Cunningham, A., 1842. London Journal of Botany. London 1:378.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia aulacocarpa 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 aulacocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Jul 25 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia aulacocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 25.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia aulacocarpa. 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.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia aulacocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: New Guinea Wattle

Acacia aulacocarpa, also known as New Guinea wattle[1] or golden flowered salwood,[2] is an Australian shrub or tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya and parts of Indonesia.[1]

Description

Acacia aulacocarpa grows as a shrub with a height of 0.5 to 2 m (1 ft 8 in to 6 ft 7 in) or as a small tree with a typical height of 2 to 8 m (6 ft 7 in to 26 ft 3 in) but can reach heights of up to 15 m (49 ft). It tends to have a single stem but can have few branches near the base with a spreading crown. The majority of the bark is smooth but it is often cracked and fissured at the base of the taller trees. The acutely angled glabrous branchlets are slender to sub-stout. Like most Acacias it has phyllode s rather than true leaves. The phyllodes have a dimidiate to subfalcate shape and are 5 to 12 cm (2.0 to 4.7 in) in length and 0.7 to 3.5 cm (0.28 to 1.38 in) wide and are glaucous with a slight sheen. The phyllodes have numerous parallel longitudinal nerves.[2] It blooms between January and June.
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part of William Jackson Hooker's work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species as published in the London Journal of Botany. It was reclassified as Racosperma aulacocarpum by Leslie Pedley in 1987 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

Acacia aulacocarpa occurs naturally east of the Great Dividing Range from northern Queensland to northern New South Wales. Despite the widespread distribution of the species it is not very common as populations tend to be locally restricted to run-off sites around rocky outcrops or along creek banks.[2] It is quite uncommon in New South Wales and only found in the Grafton district.[4] It is far more widespread in Queensland and has discontinuous distribution along the coast and adjacent tablelands of the Great Dividing Range from around Daintree in the north to south of Brisbane in the south.[2] It grows in sandy soils as a part of sclerophyll forest or woodland communities on sandstone.[4]
See also

List of Acacia species

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acacia aulacocarpa.

"Acacia aulacocarpa". International Legume Database & Information Service. 2018.
"Acacia aulacocarpa". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
"Acacia aulacocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
"Acacia aulacocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 18 August 2019.