Acacia incurva

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 incurva
Name

Acacia incurva Benth., 1842
Synonyms

Acacia brachyptera Benth.
Acacia incurva var. brachyptera (Benth.) Benth.
Racosperma incurvum (Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia incurva

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., 1842. The London Journal of Botany 1: 325.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia incurva in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia incurva. Published online. Accessed: Aug 05 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia incurva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia incurva. 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 05 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia incurva is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia. It is native to the South West region of Western Australia.[1]

The shrub has a low, multi-stemmed, erect or prostrate and spinescent habit. It typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.5 metres (0.7 to 1.6 ft).[1] The stems are angled and the phyllodes are continuous with branchlets with the free portion of the phyllodes having a linear to linear-lanceolate shape with a length of 10 to 50 millimetres (0.4 to 2.0 in) and a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.04 to 0.08 in).[2] It blooms in the winter months between July and September producing spherical yellow inflorescences.[1] Each simple globular inflorescence has sessile heads and contains between six and eleven bright yellow flowers. Later it will form terete seed pods that are up to 7 centimetres (2.76 in) in length with a diameter of around 2 mm (0.08 in). Each pod is crustaceous, reddish in colour with longitudinale nerves.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part of William Jackson Hooker's work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species in the London Journal of Botany. Synonyms for this species include; Racosperma incurvum, Acacia incurva var. brachyptera, Acacia incurva var. incurva and Acacia brachyptera.[3]

The species is found in swamps, winter-wet areas and clay flats where it grows in sandy, clay or lateritic soils.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia incurva". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia incurva". World Wide Wattle. Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
"Acacia incurva Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 March 2018.