Acacia setulifera

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 setulifera
Name

Acacia setulifera Benth., 1855
Synonyms

Racosperma setuliferum (Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia setulifera

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Northern Territory, Western Australia

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

Bentham, G., 1855. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 26: 625. 1855

Links

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

Vernacular names

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

Description

The bushy, dense and resinous shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft) and produces bright yellow flowers.[3] It can have a rounded and often procumbent habit with glabrous and resinous branchlets the are apically angular that have coarse ridges.[1] Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The phyllodes have an elliptic or ovate shape and are often slightly curved and undulate, 0.3 to 0.6 centimetres (0.1 to 0.2 in) long, 1.5 to 3 millimetres (0.1 to 0.1 in) wide. It flowers throughout the year producing spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 5 to 8 mm (0.20 to 0.31 in) containing 15 to 26 bright yellow coloured flowers. The erect seed pods that form after flowering have a narrowly oblanceolate shape with straight sides with a length of 2.5 to 5 cm (0.98 to 1.97 in) and a width of 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in).[4]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[3] The range of the plant extends around south of Kununurra in the Carr Boyd Range in the eastern Kimberley as well as in the Victoria River district in the top end of the Northern Territory where it is commonly situated on and around sandstone escarpments or ridges as a part of open Eucalyptus or Terminalia woodland communities.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia setulifera". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
Bentham, G. (1855) Plantae Muellerianae: Mimoseae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 26(5): 625 Retrieved 20 February 2019.
"Acacia setulifera". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia setulifera Benth". NT Flora. Government of the Northern Territory. Retrieved 29 May 2016.