Acacia kimberleyensis

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 kimberleyensis
Name

Acacia kimberleyensis W.Fitzg., 1917
Synonyms

Racosperma kimberleyense (W.Fitzg.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia kimberleyensis

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Fitzgerald, W. V., 1917. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: 112.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia kimberleyensis 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 kimberleyensis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 05 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia kimberleyensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia kimberleyensis. 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 kimberleyensis is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to parts of north western Australia.

The erect, viscid shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft).[1] It has glabrous and slender branchlets that are finely ribbed and resinous when young. The flat green phyllodes have a narrowly linear shape with a length of 8 to 16 cm (3.1 to 6.3 in) and a width of 0.8 to 1.8 mm (0.031 to 0.071 in).[2] It blooms from June to July producing yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences are mostly found as pairs in the axils, the narrow flower-spikes are 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) in length. The narrowly linear seed pods that form after flowering are 7 to 10 cm (2.8 to 3.9 in) in length and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. the pods are thinly crustaceous with fine longitudinal nerves and narrowly winged margins. The shiny greenish-black seeds within have a narrowly oblong shape and are around 6 mm (0.24 in) long.[2]

It is native to a small area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[1] It has a disjunct distribution between two localities, in the Packhorse Range and around Mount Agnes which is found around 80 km (50 mi) north from the Packhorse range, in the western part of the Kimberley. It is found among rocky outcrops and on plains growing in the sandstone rocks that are veined with quartzite as a part of Eucalyptus miniata woodland over spinifex communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia kimberleyensis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia kimberleyensis". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 22 May 2019.