Acacia microneura

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 microneura
Name

Acacia microneura Meisn., 1844
Synonyms

Homotypic
Racosperma micronearum (Meisn.) Pedley (2003)
Heterotypic
Acacia subangularis Maiden & Blakely (1928)
Misapplied names
Acacia microneura sens. Benth. (1864)
Acacia lineolata sens. Diels & E.Pritz. (1904)
Acacia microneura sens. E.Pritz. = Acacia multispicata Benth.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Meisner, C.D.F., 1844. Plantae Preissianae [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1(1): 19.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia microneura in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia microneura. Published online. Accessed: Aug 08 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia microneura. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. 2020. Acacia microneura. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 08. Reference page.
Acacia microneura – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Acacia microneura is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae endemic to southern Western Australia.

Description

The slender shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft).[1] The resinous and angled branchlets have small white hairs between the angles. The ascending, linear, straight to slightly curved green phyllodes have a length of 4 to 11 cm (1.6 to 4.3 in) and a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in). The phyllodes have a central nerve and broader marginal nerves.[2] It flowers from August to October producing yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences occur singly or in pairs per node. The spherical to obloid flower-heads have a diameter of around 5.5 mm (0.22 in) and contains 20 flowers.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meissner as part of Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae. It was reclassified as Racosperma microneurum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006. The only other synonym is Acacia subangularis, but the plant is also often confused with Acacia lineolata.[3]
Distribution

It is native to a small area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia around the town of Cranbrook[2] where it is found in disturbed areas and heathlands where it grows in sandy-loamy soils over and around granite.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia microneura". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia microneura". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
"Acacia microneura Meisn". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 April 2019.