Acacia ptychoclada

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 ptychoclada
Name

Acacia ptychoclada Maiden & Blakely
References

Journ. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales 1926, lx. 190 (1927).

Acacia ptychoclada is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area of south eastern Australia.

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 2 m (2 ft 0 in to 6 ft 7 in) and has a slender and erect habit with angular, strongly ribbed and hairy branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The ascending and evergreen phyllodes have a linear shape and are straight to slightly incurved with a length of 5 to 11 cm (2.0 to 4.3 in) and a width of 0.6 to 1 mm (0.024 to 0.039 in) and have eight strongly raised main nerves. It blooms between January and April producing yellow flowers.[1]
Distribution

It has a limited distribution within the Blue Mountains of New South Wales from around Woodford in the north to around Mount Victoria in the south. It is often situated in swampy areas and damp places along creeks[1] over or around areas of sandstone.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia ptychoclada". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
"Acacia ptychoclada Maiden & Blakely". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 30 December 2020.