Acacia coriacea
| Desert oak | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. coriacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia coriacea DC. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia coriacea, commonly known as river jam, wirewood, desert oak, wiry wattle or dogwood, is a
Description
River jam grows to a height of about eight metres. It usually has just one or two main trunks. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are thick and leathery, between twenty and thirty centimetres long, and narrow. The flowers are yellow, and held in spherical clusters about five millimetres in diameter. The pods are usually curled up, but are around twenty centimetres long when straightened. They are greatly constricted between the seeds.[2]
Distribution
Acacia coriacea occurs throughout northern
Common name issues
In some parts of A. coriacea's range the common name "desert oak" is prevalent,[4] but throughout the larger part of that range this name is often applied to another tree, Allocasuarina decaisneana.[5][6]
The name "Dogwood" is used for numerous plant species in Australia and elsewhere, see Dogwood (disambiguation).
Varieties
There are three subspecies.[7]
- Acacia coriacea subsp. coriacea
- Acacia coriacea subsp. pendens
- Acacia coriacea subsp. sericophylla
- Acacia coriacea var. coriacea is a synonym for Acacia coriacea subsp. coriacea.[8]
See also
References
Notes
- ^ ISBN 9781317598299.
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ISBN 978-1-875560-22-6.)
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- ISBN 0-7243-4648-1.
- ^ Western Australian Herbarium. "Allocasuarina decaisneana (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson Desert Oak". Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "ABRS Flora of Australia Online Search Results".
- ^ Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
General references
- "Acacia coriacea". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- "Acacia coriacea". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- Mitchell, A. A.; Wilcox, D. G. (1994). Arid Shrubland Plants of Western Australia (Second and Enlarged ed.). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 978-1-875560-22-6.