Acacia cognata

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 cognata
Name

Acacia cognata Domin, 1926
Synonyms

Acacia subporosa var. linearis Benth.
Racosperma cognatum (Domin) Pedle

Homonyms

Acacia cognata Maiden & Blakely = Acacia conniana Maslin

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia cognata

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Victoria

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

Domin, K. 1926. Beiträge zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens, Abteilung 3: Embryophyta siphonogama. Dicotyledonae, pars IV. Bibliotheca Botanica 22 = 89(4). Stuttgart, Schweizerbart. Reference page. ::260(814).

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia cognata 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 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia cognata. Published online. Accessed: Jul 29 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia cognata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 29.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia cognata. 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 29 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia cognata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Bower Wattle, Narrow-leaf Bower Wattle

Acacia cognata, commonly known as bower wattle, river wattle[2] or narrow-leaved bower wattle,[3] is a tree or shrub species that is endemic to south eastern Australia.

Description

It grows typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 10 m (2 ft 0 in to 32 ft 10 in) in height and has an erect to spreading habit. It has smooth, grey or grey-brown coloured bark on the trunk and larger branches. The branchlets have low longitudinal green to brown coloured ridges that alternate with sticky resinous bands. The green linear to narrowly elliptic phyllodes are slightly curved and have a length of 4 to 10 cm (1.6 to 3.9 in) and a width 1 to 3.5 mm (0.039 to 0.138 in). The sparsely hairy to glabrous phyllodes have ciliate margins with three main longitudinal veins. The pale yellow globular flower-heads have a diameter of 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in) and contain 10 to 25 flowers and appear singly or in pairs in the leaf axils between July and October in the species' native range. The papery, straight, flat seed pods are slightly raised over seeds with a length of 3 to 10 cm (1.2 to 3.9 in) and a width of 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in).[2]
Distribution

It is native to the states of New South Wales and Victoria, where it grows in granite-based soils as part of dry sclerophyll forest communities.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Karel Domin in 1926 as part of the work Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens as published in the work Bibliotheca Botanica. It was reclassified as Racosperma cognatum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Cultivars

A number of cultivars have been developed:[4]

'Bower Beauty'
'Cousin Itt'
'Copper Tips'
'Fettuccini'
'Green Mist'
'Lime Magik'
'Limelight'
'Mop Top'
'Waterfall'

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acacia cognata.

"Acacia cognata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
"Acacia cognata". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
"Acacia cognata Domin Narrow-Leaved Bower Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
Hatch, Laurence (October 2007). Cultivars of Woody Plants Volume I (A-G). ISBN 9780971446502. Retrieved 2 April 2011.