Acacia mimula

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 mimula
Name

Acacia mimula Pedley, 1977
Synonyms

Racosperma mimulum (Pedley) Pedley (1987) [Homotypic]
Acacia propinqua Pedley (1974)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Pedley, L., 1977. Austrobaileya: a journal of plant systematics 1(1): 29, nom. nov.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia mimula 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 mimula. Published online. Accessed: Aug 08 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia mimula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia mimula – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

Acacia mimula is a tree in the genus Acacia. It is native to the Northern Territory, and found in open forest, from the Darwin region to western Arnhem Land.[1]

Description

Acacia mimula is a tree which grows up to 7 m high. Its bark is dark grey and has horizontal fissures. Its branchlets are flattened and smooth, and its stipules fall. The pulvinus is 3-4 mm long and minutely hairy. The phyllodes are elliptic, smooth, and curved, and are 70-180 mm long by 7-35 mm wide, with two to three primary veins. The secondary veins are oblique or penniveined or form a network. The base of the phyllode is attenuate, while the apex is obtuse. There are four to five glands along the dorsal margin. The axillary inflorescences are racemes or panicles, with 9-24 heads per raceme, on an axis 65-150 mm long. The white/cream heads are globular and 6-9 mm wide on smooth peduncles which are 6-14 mm long. The linear or oblong, slightly curved pods are greyish and 75-130 mm long by 20-28 mm wide. The broadly ellipsoid, brown seeds are transverse in the pod and 10 mm long by 7-9 mm wide. It flowers from April to June and fruits from August to September.[1]

It can be confused with A. latescens.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Northern Territory Flora online: Acacia mimula Pedley". Northern Territory Government. 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
"Acacia mimula". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
Pedley, L. (1977). "Notes on Leguminosae. I". Austrobaileya. 1 (1): 25–42. JSTOR 41738605. pdf