Acacia distans

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 distans
Name

Acacia distans Maslin, 1983
Synonyms

Racosperma distans (Maslin) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia distans

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., (1983). Nuytsia; Bulletin of the Western Australian Herbarium 4(3): 386 .

Acacia distans is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to arid parts of western Australia.

Description

The tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 10 metres (7 to 33 ft) and has fissured and fibrous grey bark.[1] It has slender glabrous slender and sometimes pendulous branchlets with sericeous new shoots with hairs that become silver with age. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The thinly coriaceous grey-green phyllodes have a linear to curved shape and are 6 to 15 cm (2.4 to 5.9 in) in length and a width of 4 to 12 mm (0.16 to 0.47 in) wide and are finely striated with a central nerve that is more prominent than the others.[3] It blooms between March to May and produces yellow flowers.[1] The rudimentary inflorescences form two-headed racemes along an 0.5 to 1 mm (0.020 to 0.039 in) axes with cylindrical flower-spikes that have a length of up to 11 cm (4.3 in) and a diameter of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) packed with golden flowers. The thinly crustose seed pods that form after flowering have a linear shape but are raised over and shallowly constricted between each of the seeds. the pods have a length of up to 14 cm (5.5 in) and a width of 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in). They contain glossy dark brown coloured seeds that have an elliptic to broadly elliptic shape and a length of about 6 mm (0.24 in).[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Pilbara and Mid West regions of Western Australia where it is commonly found in river beds, hardpans and floodplains where it grows in loam, clay, alluvium and red sandy soils.[1] It has a discontinuous distribution and is often found around the headwaters and upper catchment areas of the Fortescue, Gascyone and Murchison Rivers where it is found on alluvial plains growing in loamy soils as a part of low woodland or shrubland communities and are known to form pure stands.[3]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia distans". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Maslin, B.R. (1983). "Studies in the genus Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) - 14. New taxa from north-west Western Australia". Nuytsia. 4 (3): 386, figs 3, 4.
"Acacia distans". WorldWideWattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia distans in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia distans. Published online. Accessed: Aug 011 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia distans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia distans. 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. Aug. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: Aug 01 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names