Acacia stipuligera

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 stipuligera
Name

Acacia stipuligera F.Muell., 1859
Synonyms

Acacia stipuligera subsp. glabrifolia (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley
Acacia stipuligera var. glabrifolia Maiden & Blakely
Racosperma stipuligerum (F.Muell.) Pedley
Racosperma stipuligerum subsp. glabrifolium (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia stipuligera

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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

Mueller, F.J.H. v., 1859. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. London 3:144.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia stipuligera 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 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia stipuligera. Published online. Accessed: Aug 15 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia stipuligera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug 15.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia stipuligera – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia stipuligera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Acacia stipuligera is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to arid and tropical parts of northern Australia.[1]

Description

The multi-stemmed tree or shrub typically to a height of 1 to 6 metres (3 to 20 ft) and has a rounded bushy habit. It has light to dark grey coloured bark that is longitudinally fissured and forms small flakes. The terete branchlets are densely to sparsely puberulous and have broadly triangular dark brown stipules with a length of around 1 mm (0.039 in). The green, narrowly elliptically shaped phyllodes are flat and straight to shallowly incurved. Each phyllode has a length of 3.5 to 9.5 cm (1.4 to 3.7 in) and a width of 7 to 20 mm (0.28 to 0.79 in) with two or three prominent longitudinal main nerves.[1] Although it flowers across a wide time span over most of the continent, in Western Australia it is much more restricted, blooming only from May to September producing yellow flowers.[2] The dense flower spikes are paired in phyllode axils and have a length of 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in). After flowering linear, straight to curved seed pods form with a length of 5.5 to 13.5 cm (2.2 to 5.3 in) and a width of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in). The dark brown seeds in the pod have a narrowly oblong shape and a length of around 5 mm (0.20 in).[1]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as part of the work Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem as published in Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. It was reclassified as Racosperma stipuligerum by Leslie Pedley in 1987 but transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution

A. stipuligera is found throughout central Queensland and the Northern Territory.[3] In Western Australia the species is found in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.[2] It is found in flat and undulating areas where it grows in red sandy and loamy soils. It is often part of scrub or woodland communities often associated spinifex.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia stipuligera". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
"Acacia stipuligera". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia stipuligera F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 September 2018.