Acacia praelongata

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 praelongata
Name

Acacia praelongata F.Muell.
References

Australas. Chem. Druggist iii. (Aug. 1883).

Acacia praelongata is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to are area of northern Australia.

Description

The trees typically grow to a height of 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft)[1] with a slender and delicate habit[2] and has pendulous branches with hard and furrowed bark and glabrous branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The pendulous, glabrous and evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly linear shape and are slightly incurved with a length of 12 to 24 cm (4.7 to 9.4 in) and a width of 1 to 3.5 mm (0.039 to 0.138 in) an have three main nerves with the midrib being the most prominent.[1]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1884 as published in the The Australasian Chemist and Druggist. It was reclassified as Racosperma praelongatum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

It is found in north western parts of the Northern Territory including on Melville Island to the north and down to around Katherine in the south where it is found growing in gravelly lateritic soils with a scattered distribution amongst open woodland and forest communities.[1]
Cultivation

The plant is available commercially and is used in rockeries or in filling in gardens where it is noted as being waterwise, a good screening plant and being bird and butterfly attracting.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia praelongata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
"Acacia praelongata". Territory Native Plants. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
"Acacia praelongata F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 December 2020.