Acacia campylophylla

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 campylophylla
Name

Acacia campylophylla Benth., 1855
Synonyms

Racosperma campylophyllum (Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia campylophylla

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Bentham, G., 1855. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 26: 605.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia campylophylla 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 campylophylla. Published online. Accessed: Jul 28 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia campylophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 28.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia campylophylla. 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 campylophylla is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a part of south western Australia.

Description

The dense rigid spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.6 metres (0.3 to 2.0 ft).[1] It has ribbed and glabrous branchlets that are covered in a fine white powder at extremities with rigid, persistent and spiny stipules with a length of 0.5 to 1.5 mm (0.020 to 0.059 in). Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes than true leaves. These Phyllodes are continuous along the length of the branchlets but not forming cauline wings and are strongly recurved. The pungent and rigid grey-green phyllodes have a length if 10 to 20 mm (0.39 to 0.79 in) and a width of 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) and have eight prominent nerves.[2] It blooms from July to August and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1855 as part of the work Plantae Muellerianae: Mimosea as published in the journal Linnaea. It was reclassified as Racosperma campylophyllum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it is commonly found growing in gravelly lateritic soils.[1] It has a scattered distribution from around Bolgart and Wyalkatchem in the north down to around Corrigin in the south around laterite outcrops as a part of woodland or heath communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia campylophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia campylophylla". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
"Acacia campylophylla Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 October 2020.