Acacia maconochieana

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 maconochieana
Name

Acacia maconochieana Pedley
References

Austrobaileya. Brisbane, Qld. 2:235, 236, t. 1. 1986
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia maconochieana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Acacia maconochieana, also known as Mullan wattle,[1] is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an arid area of central Australia.

Description

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 2.5 to 12 metres (8 to 39 ft)[2] and has longitudinally fissured, grey coloured bark and densely haired branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The hairy, evergreen phyllodes have a linear shape with a length of 8 to 18 cm (3.1 to 7.1 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with many fine and closely parallel nerves.[1] It blooms in October and produces yellow flowers.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1986 as a part of the work Acacia maconochieana (Mimosaceae), a new species from semi-arid Australia as described in the journal Austrobaileya. It was reclassified by Pedley as Racosperma maconochieanum in 2003 then returned to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia and is commonly situated along the margins of lakes that are periodically flooded growing in sandy or loamy soils.[2] The range of the plant extends from around Gregory Salt Lake in the west through to around Nongra Lake in the Tanami Desert in the east where it is usually a part of low open forest or woodland or open scrubland communities.[1]
Aboriginal names

The Walmajarri people of the Paruku IPA in the Kimberley call this wattle Wirimangurru.[4] Other aboriginal names are:Jaru: gunanduru, wirrimangurru and Ngarinyman: Gunadurr.[5]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia maconochieana". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
"Acacia maconochieana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia maconochieana Pedley". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 1–242. Wikidata Q106088428.
"NT Flora: Acacia Maconochieana". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2021.