Acacia concolorans

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 concolorans
Name

Acacia concolorans Maslin, 1999
Synonyms

Racosperma concolorans (Maslin) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia concolorans

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Maslin, B.R., 1999. Nuytsia; Bulletin of the Western Australian Herbarium 12(3): 334.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia concolorans 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 concolorans. Published online. Accessed: Jul 29 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia concolorans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 29.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia concolorans. 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.

Vernacular names

Acacia concolorans is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

The intricate and pungent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.5 metres (0.3 to 1.6 ft).[1] It has green and scabridulous branchlets with yellow ribs and 2 mm (0.079 in) long straight stipules. The pungent, green and oblong to narrowly oblong shaped phyllodes are flat and thick with a length of 4 to 10 mm (0.16 to 0.39 in) and a width of 1.5 to 2 mm (0.059 to 0.079 in).[2] It blooms from July to August and produces yellow flowers.[1] The rudimentary inflorescences occur in groups of two per raceme, the small spherical flower-heads contain seven to eight golden flowers. The narrowly oblong seed pods that form after flowering are curved and have a length of around 5 cm (2.0 in) and a width of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in). the pods contain irregularly ovate-elliptic shiny dark brown seeds.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1999 as part of the work Acacia miscellany 16. The taxonomy of fifty-five species of Acacia, primarily Western Australian, in section Phyllodineae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia. It was reclassified as Racosperma concolorans by Leslie Pedley in 2003 and transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.[3] It is closely related to Acacia inamabilis which has larger phyllodes and larger flower-heads containing many more flowers.[2]
Distribution

It is native to an area of the Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia between Kondinin and Yilgarn where it is found on lateritic flats and hills growing in red to brown loam-clay soils[1] as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland or mallee shrubland communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia concolorans". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia concolorans". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
"Acacia concolorans Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 March 2019.