Acacia camptoclada

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 camptoclada
Name

Acacia camptoclada C.R.P.Andrews, 1904
Synonyms

Acacia porphyrochila E.Pritz.
Racosperma camptocladum (C.R.P.Andrews) Pedley

Homonyms

Acacia camptoclada E.Pritz. = Acacia proxima Maiden

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia camptoclada

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Andrews, C.R.P., 1904. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society i. 39.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia camptoclada 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 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia camptoclada. Published online. Accessed: Jul 28 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia camptoclada. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 28.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia camptoclada. 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 28 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia camptoclada is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to arid parts of Western Australia.

The low spreading to erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.0 metre (1 to 3 ft).[1] It has slightly sticky and polished branchlets with easily detached stipules. The crowded, ascending to erect glaucous green phyllodes have an asymmetrical oblanceolate to narrowly oblong shape.[2] It blooms from August to October and produces yellow flowers.[1] The inflorescences occur in groups of two to five and have showy spherical heads containing 15 to 21 golden flowers. The seed pods that form after flowering are coiled with a width of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) and contain ovate to elliptic shaped shiny black seeds with a length of around 3 mm (0.12 in).[2]

The shrub belongs to the Acacia prainii group and is closely related to Acacia dorsenna and Acacia prainii.[2]

It is native to an area in the eastern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is found in low-lying areas, on sandplains and dunes growing in sandy or clay soils.[1] The range extends from Newdegate in the west to around Balladonia in the east and is often part of mallee or Eucalyptus woodland communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia camptoclada". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia camptoclada". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 30 March 2019.