Acacia hippuroides
| Acacia hippuroides | |
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Illustration of Acacia hippuroides
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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. hippuroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia hippuroides Heward ex.
Benth. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia hippuroides is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Lycopodiifoliae that is endemic to north western Australia
Description
The diffuse, spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.6 metres (1 to 5 ft).
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Robert Heward and George Bentham in 1842 as a part of William Jackson Hookers work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species as published in the London Journal of Botany. It was reclassified as Racosperma hippuroides by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]
Distribution
It is native to an area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on undulating plains, rocky hills and ranges where it grows in red sandy or skeletal soils over quartzite or sandstone.[1] The bulk of the population is found in coastal areas of the west Kimberley from around the Dampier Peninsula, on the Buccaneer and Bonaparte Archipelagoes in the north down to around Thangoo Station in the south where it is usually part of in woodland and shrubland communities sometimes in seepage areas.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c "Acacia hippuroides Heward ex Benth". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Acacia hippuroides Heward ex Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 April 2020.