Acacia leptoloba

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 leptoloba
Name

Acacia leptoloba Pedley, 1978
Synonyms

Racosperma leptolobum (Pedley) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia leptoloba

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Queensland

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

Pedley, L., 1978. Austrobaileya: a journal of plant systematics 1(2): 220.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia leptoloba in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia leptoloba. Published online. Accessed: Aug 06 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia leptoloba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia leptoloba. 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 06 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia leptoloba, also known as Irvinebank wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north eastern Australia.

Description

The shrub or small tree typically grows to a height of 5 to 5 m (16 to 16 ft) and has a spreading habit with glabrous branchlets that are sometimes covered in a fine white powdery coating. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous, leathery and evergreen phyllodes have an inequilaterally narrowly elliptic outline and are sickle shaped with a length of 7 to 12 cm (2.8 to 4.7 in) and a width of 18 to 33 mm (0.71 to 1.30 in) and have three main longitudinal nerves. It blooms between December and April producing inflorescences in axillary racemes and occasionally on terminal panicles which have spherical flower-heads that have a diameter of about 8 mm (0.31 in) and contain 40 to 75 white coloured flowers.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1978 as part of the work A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1 as published in the journal Austrobaileya. It was reclassified by Pedley in 1987 as Racosperma leptolobum then returned to genus Acacia in 2001.[3]
Distribution

It has a scattered distribution over the Cape York Peninsula of far north Queensland down to around Herberton in the south where it is commonly situated on hills and along creeks growing in sandy soils.[2] The plant is quite common around the Irvinebank area.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia leptoloba Pedley Irvinebank Wattle". Fabaceae. North Queensland Plants. 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
"Acacia leptoloba". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
"Acacia leptoloba Pedley". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 December 2020.