Acacia manipularis

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 manipularis
Name

Acacia manipularis R.S.Cowan & Maslin
References

Nuytsia 10(1): 72 (1995).

Acacia manipularis is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to north western Australia.

Description

The low spreading viscid shrub typically grows to a height of 0.75 to 1.2 metres (2 to 4 ft)[1] and has terete, glabrous, resinous and obscurely ribbed branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes growing in clusters of two to six per node and have threadlike appearance and are straight to slightly curved. The flexible and glabrous phyllodes are about 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) in length and have a diameter of around 0.5 mm (0.020 in) and are superficially nerveless.[2] It blooms in July and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanists Richard Sumner Cowan and Bruce Maslin in 1995 as a part of the work Acacia Miscellany. Miscellaneous taxa of northern and eastern Australia of Acacia section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia. It was reclassified as Racosperma manipulare by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on shale plateaux growing in rocky, skeletal soils.[1] It has a limited range from between Mount House Station and Tableland Station where it is usually a part of tall shrubland communities associated with Eucalyptus brevifolia and species of Melaleuca.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia manipularis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia manipularis". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
"Acacia manipularis R.S.Cowan & Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 10 December 2020.