Acacia stenoptera

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 stenoptera
Name

Acacia stenoptera Benth.
References

London Journal of Botany. London 1:325. 1842
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia stenoptera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Acacia stenoptera, commonly known as narrow-winged wattle, is a species of wattle that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Description

It is a rigid and prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.7 metres (0.7 to 2.3 ft)[2] but can reach as high as 2 m (7 ft). It can have a scrambling, sprawling or tangled erect habit.[2] The shrub has ridged stems and curving spine-tipped phyllodes that form continuous wings along the stem.[3] It produces globular, cream or yellow flowerheads between March to December in the species' native range.[1][2] After flowering it will produce quadrangular seed pods that are 3 to 7 centimetres (1.2 to 2.8 in) long with prominent ridges.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part of William Jackson Hooker work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species as published in the London Journal of Botany.

The species was reclassified as Racosperma stenopterum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.[4]
Distribution

The shrub is found from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel, South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it is found in a variety of habitats growing in sandy soils often around laterite.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia stenoptera Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
"Acacia stenoptera Benth". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Margaret G. Corrick, Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenburg Publishing. ISBN 9781877058844.
"Acacia stenoptera Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 August 2018.