Acacia levata

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 levata
Name

Acacia levata R.S.Cowan & Maslin, 1995
Synonyms

Racosperma levatum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia levata

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R., 1995. Nuytsia; Bulletin of the Western Australian Herbarium 10(1): 41 (1995).

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia levata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia levata. Published online. Accessed: Aug 07 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia levata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug 07.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia levata. 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 on the internet. Accessed: Aug 07 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia levata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to small arid area of western Australia.

Description

The spreading multi-stemmed shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft) and a width of around 5 m (16 ft).[1] The glabrous branchlets are commonly sericeous at the extremities. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The patent to ascending phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic shape and are straight or shallowly curved. The phyllodes have a length of 8 to 13.5 cm (3.1 to 5.3 in) and a wisth of 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) and are sub-rigid and thickly coriaceous with four to six prominent main nerves on each side. The simple inflorescences occur singly or in small groups in the axils. The cylindrical flower-spikes have a diameter of around 6 mm (0.24 in) and a length of 20 to 25 mm (0.79 to 0.98 in) and are densely packed with golden flowers.[2] The pendent seed pods that form after flowering have a linear shape with narrow wings and are straight to slightly curved. Th woody, glabrous pods have a length up to around 15 cm (5.9 in) and a width of 8 to 12 mm (0.31 to 0.47 in) and attain a yellowish brown colour as they dry and also become slightly wrinkled. The dull brown seeds inside the pods have a broadly elliptic to subcircular shape with a length of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in) and have a ribbon-like funicle and a subterminal aril.[2]
Distribution

It is native to a small area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia north of Newman[1] and south of Marble Bar[2] where it is often situated on hilltops and hillslopes growing in sandy or loamy soils over granite[1] usually as a part of scrubland and spinifex communities and it is often associated with Acacia hilliana and Acacia stellaticeps.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia levata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia levata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 10 November 2019.