Acacia leptopetala

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 leptopetala
Name

Acacia leptopetala Benth., 1855
Synonyms

Acacia subglauca Maiden & Blakely
Acacia subglauca var. angustiuscula Maiden & Blakely
Racosperma leptopetalum (Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Bentham, G.; 1855. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 26:619.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia leptopetala in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia leptopetala. Published online. Accessed: Aug 07 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia leptopetala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia leptopetala. 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 07 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia leptopetala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Acacia leptopetala is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.

Description

The dense and multistemmed shrub typically grows to a height of 1.0 to 3.0 metres (3.3 to 9.8 ft).[1] The glabrous branchlets are often covered in a fine white powdery coating. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The thinly coriaceous, glaucous and evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate shape that can be recurved. The phyllodes normally have a length of 2 to 5.5 cm (0.79 to 2.17 in) and a width of 3 to 11 mm (0.12 to 0.43 in) and have a raised midrib.[2] It produces yellow flowers from November to January.[1]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1855 as part of the work Plantae Muellerianae: Mimoseae as published in the journal Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. It was reclassified as Racosperma leptopetalum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly found on flats growing in a variety of soils.[1] The species is located from around Bencubbin in the north to around Nyabing in the south west and as far as Ravensthorpe in the east where it is found growing in loamy, clay, sandy loam, sand and sandy gravel soils as a part of mallee scrub.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia leptopetala". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia leptopetala". World Wide Wattle. CSIRO Publishing. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
"Acacia leptopetala Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 July 2020.