Acacia beckleri

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 beckleri
Subspecies: A. b. subsp. megaspherica
Name

Acacia beckleri Tindale, 1965

Isotypes: MEL 47447, NSW 2077950A
Synonyms

Racosperma beckleri (Tindale) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia beckleri

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, South Australia

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

Tindale, M.D. in Eichler, H. 1965. Suppl. J. M. Black's Flora of South Australia ed. 2:173.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia beckleri 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 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia beckleri. Published online. Accessed: Jul 26 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia beckleri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 26.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia beckleri. 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 26 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia beckleri in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: October 9, 2010.

Acacia beckleri, or Barrier Range wattle, is a plant in the genus Acacia native to Australasia, typically Australia.[4][2][5] It is named after Dr Hermann Beckler, the botanist on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861[6] and it was he who collected the type specimen (NSW 47447,[7] found in a "Glen to the gorge Nothungbulla, Hodgson's Basin, near the Barrier Range").[7][8] The common name refers to the Barrier Range in the Broken Hill area, western New South Wales.[9] This species is similar to A. notabilis (notable wattle, Flinder's wattle, stiff golden wattle) and A. gladiformis (sword wattle, sword-leaf wattle).[1]
Description

It is a decumbent shrub 1–3 m in height. Its stem and branches are reddish-brown in color. Its phyllodes are oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, straight or slightly curved. Leaves are green to pale green in color and 6–20 cm long. Midvein and marginal veins are visible. There are 2–9 inflorescences. There are up to 60 individual flowers in each globular cluster. The flowers are bright yellow in color and have a diameter of 8–17 mm. Pods are straight, flat, mostly straight-sided to barely and irregularly more deeply constricted between seeds. These are 5–13 cm long, mostly 5–6 mm wide, firmly papery to thinly leathery. Seeds are longitudinal, with the funicle expanded towards the seed. It flowers in June and August.[1] This plant can be propagated by seed and probably also cuttings.[9]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

Kodela, P. G. "Acacia beckleri Tindale". Flora of NSW. PlaNET.
"Acacia beckleri (Barrier Range wattle)". Global Species. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
Tindale, M.D. in Eichler, Hj. (1965) Acacia beckleri. Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 173-174
"Acacia beckleri". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
"Acacia beckleri Tindale Barrier Range Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia.
"Acacia beckleri". Australian Government. 1976.
NSW 47447, Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
"Acacia beckleri". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
Sheather, Warren; Gloria Sheather. "Acacia beckleri".