Acacia bulgaensis

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 bulgaensis
Name

Acacia bulgaensis Tindale & S.J.Davies, 1992
Synonyms

Racosperma bulgaense (Tindale & S.J.Davies) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia bulgaensis

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales

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

Tindale, M.D. & Davies, S.J., 1992. Austral. Syst. Bot. 5(5): 645.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia bulgaensis 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 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia bulgaensis. Published online. Accessed: Jul 27 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia bulgaensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 27.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia bulgaensis. 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 27 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia bulgaensis is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to eastern Australia.

Description

The tree or shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 8 m (4 ft 11 in to 26 ft 3 in) and has grey-brown, dark brown or reddish brown coloured bark that peels in small flakes and is fibrous below. It has glabrous, light-brown to reddish-brown coloured branchlets that are vaguely triquetrous. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes usually have a narrowly elliptic shape that is often scarcely curved. The glabrous phyllodes are 3.5 to 10 cm (1.4 to 3.9 in) in length and 7 to 23 mm (0.28 to 0.91 in) wide with three obscure or subprominent longitudinal veins. It blooms between September and March producing yellow flowers. The cylindrically shaped axillary flower-spikes mostly occur in pair and are 3.2 to 5 cm (1.3 to 2.0 in) in length and packed with golden yellow flowers. After flowering linear, thinly coriaceous seed pods form that resemble a string of beads and are 2 to 9.5 cm (0.79 to 3.74 in) in length and 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in) wide with fine striations. The dark-brown to black seeds inside have a length of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in).[2]
Distribution

It is endemic to the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales where it is quite common. It is found around Bulga, Milbrodale and Broke and usually found on hilly sandstone or shale country often as a part of open Eucalyptus forest communities.[2] The type specimen was collected near Bulga.
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"DOI Details". doi.ala.org.au. doi:10.26197/5c0b1388984eb. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
"Acacia bulgaensis". WorldWideWattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 22 September 2019.