Acacia johnsonii

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 johnsonii
Name

Acacia johnsonii Pedley
References

Austrobaileya. Brisbane, Qld. 1:245. 1980
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia johnsonii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Acacia johnsonii, commonly known as gereera wattle or geereva wattle,[1][2] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia.

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 3 m (4 ft 11 in to 9 ft 10 in) and has slightly resinous and hairy branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The flat evergreen patent to erect phyllodes have a linear to narrowly linear shape and are straight to shallowly incurved. The glabrous green phyllodes have a length of 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in) and a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in) and are usually narrowed toward the base with one to three indistinct nerves.[2] It blooms between August and October[1] producing simple inflorescences that occur singly in the upper axils, the spherical flower-heads contain 20 to 30 golden coloured flowers.[2]
Taxonomy

The specific epithet honours the collector of the type specimen, Robert William Johnson, who collected it in 1963 from an area to the north of Chinchilla. Johnson was also once the Director of the Queensland Herbarium.[1]
Distribution

The shrub has a wide distribution through south eastern Queensland and central New South Wales.[2] It is commonly situated on sand-plains growing in sandy soils as a part of spinifex communities.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia johnsonii Pedley". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
"Acacia johnsonii Pedley". World Wide Wattle. Royal Botanic Garden, SydneyWestern Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 13 May 2019.