Acacia sericocarpa

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 sericocarpa
Name

Acacia sericocarpa W.Fitzg., 1904
Synonyms

Acacia merrallii var. tamminensis E.Pritz.
Racosperma sericocarpum (W.Fitzg.) Pedley

Homonyms

Acacia sericocarpa Rose = Vachellia bilimekii (J.F.Macbr.) Seigler & Ebinger

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia sericocarpa

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

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

Fitzgerald, W. V., 1904. Journal of the Western Australia Natural History Society i. (1904) 9.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia sericocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia sericocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Aug 14 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia sericocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Aug 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia sericocarpa – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

Acacia sericocarpa is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.

Description

The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 2.0 metres (1.3 to 6.6 ft).[1] It can have a rounded habit and a rather dense crown with hairy branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The patent to undulate, coriaceous green phyllodes are usually slightly asymmetric and have an obovate, ovate or elliptic shape with a length of 1 to 2.5 cm (0.39 to 0.98 in) and a width of 5 to 12 mm (0.20 to 0.47 in) with one main nerve per face.[2] It blooms from August to September and produces yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences are found occurring in pairs in the axils and have spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) conraining 15 to 24 mid-golden coloured flowers. Following flowering seed pods form that are twisted to spirally coiled with a length of approximately 1 cm (0.39 in) and a width of 2.5 to 3 mm (0.098 to 0.118 in). The thinly crustaceous seed pods are covered in woolly hairs and contain shiny brown seeds with an elliptic shape and a length of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in) and a bright orange aril.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist William Vincent Fitzgerald in 1904 as a part of the work Additions to the West Australian Flora as published in the Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society. It was reclassified as Racosperma sericocarpum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley than transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on flats growing in loamy or sandy-clay soils.[1] The distribution of the shrub extends from Wyalkathem in the north down to around Corrigin and Beverly in the south to around Queen Victoria Rock in the east[2] usually as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland or mallee woodland communities or shrublands of Melaleuca uncinata and species of Casuarina.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia sericocarpa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia sericocarpa W.Fitzg". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
"Acacia sericocarpa W.Fitzg". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 August 2020.