Acacia dermatophylla

Acacia dermatophylla is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to southern parts of Western Australia.

Acacia dermatophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. dermatophylla
Binomial name
Acacia dermatophylla
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
  • Racosperma dermatophyllum (Benth.) Pedley[2]

Description

The open, wispy and single stemmed shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.2 metres (1 to 4 ft).[3] It has glabrous branchlets with persistent thick, erect stipules with a length of 4 to 8 mm (0.16 to 0.31 in). The evergreen ascending phyllodes usually have an oblanceolate shape and a length of 2 to 5.5 cm (0.79 to 2.17 in) and a width of 4 to 23 mm (0.16 to 0.91 in) with a prominent midrib and margins.[4] It blooms from July to October and produces yellow flowers.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1864 as part of the work Flora Australiensis. It was reclassified as Racosperma dermatophyllum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to the genus Acacia'' in 2006.[5]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt, Goldfields-Esperance and Great Southern regions of Western Australia. The range of A dermatophylla extends from Lake Grace in the west to past Esperance in the east where it is found on undulating plains and low-lying areas including around salt flats growing in sandy, loamy or clay soils[3] as a part of in tall heath or mallee communities.[4]

See also

References
  1. Bentham, George (1864). "Leguminosæ". Leguminosæ to Combretaceæ. Flora Australiensis. 2. London: Lovell Reeve. pp. 346–347.
  2. Pedley, Les (2003). "A synopsis of Racosperma C. Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)". Austrobaileya. 6 (3): 461. JSTOR 41738994.
  3. "Acacia dermatophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. "Acacia dermatophylla". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. "Acacia dermatophylla Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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