Acacia ensifolia

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Acacia ensifolia

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. ensifolia
Binomial name
Acacia ensifolia
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia ensifolia is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to Queensland.

Description

The tree can grow to a height of up to 9 m (30 ft) and have several stems and has a spreading crown. The pendulous grey-green to green

seed pods form with a white dusty covering. The pods have a length of up to 13 cm (5.1 in) and a width of 10 to 18 mm (0.39 to 0.71 in). The shiny blackish seeds found within the pod have a circular to widely elliptic shape.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1969 as part of the work Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland published in Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. Pedley later reclassified it as Racosperma ensifolium in 1986 and it was transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3] A. ensifolia is closely related and appear very similar to Acacia pruinocarpa which is found further to the west, it is also resembles Acacia beckleri.[2]

Distribution

The tree is found in a small area of

Thargomindah in the south where it is found on low hills growing in clay loam soils.[2] It is part of mulga shrubland communities and found along eastern border of the Simpson Desert ecoregion.[4]

See also

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T22484095A22484187.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Acacia ensifolia". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Acacia ensifolia Pedley". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Acacia ensifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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