Acacia coolgardiensis

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 coolgardiensis
Subspecies: A. coolgardiensis subsp. coolgardiensis - A. coolgardiensis subsp. effusa - A. coolgardiensis subsp. latior
Name

Acacia coolgardiensis Maiden
References

J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 53:211, t. 15, fig. 1-7. 1920
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia coolgardiensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Sugar brother

Acacia coolgardiensis, commonly known as sugar brother or spinifex wattle, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it is widely distributed in the semi-arid spinifex country from Carnarvon to Kalgoorlie.

Sugar brother grows to a height of about three metres. It nearly always has multiple stems. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are green, and may be up to 10 centimetres long and about three millimetres wide. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters up to two centimetres long and five millimetres wide. The pods are papery, about three millimetres wide.
Taxonomy

It was first published by Joseph Maiden in 1920, based on a specimen collected by Leonard Clarke Webster near Coolgardie in 1900, and a description of the fruit near Kunonoppin supplied by Frederick Stoward. The specific name is in reference to the town of Coolgardie.

There are three recognised subspecies:

A. c. subsp. coolgardiensis
A. c. subsp. effusa
A. c. subsp. latior

See also

List of Acacia species

References
Wikispecies has information related to Acacia coolgardiensis.

"Acacia coolgardiensis". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
"Acacia coolgardiensis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia coolgardiensis Maiden". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
Mitchell, A. A.; Wilcox, D. G. (1994). Arid Shrubland Plants of Western Australia, Second and Enlarged Edition. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia. ISBN 978-1-875560-22-6.