Acacia leichhardtii

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Leichhardt's wattle
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. leichhardtii
Binomial name
Acacia leichhardtii
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia leichhardtii, commonly known as Leichhardt's wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to north eastern Australia.

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) and has a spreading habit. It has slender branches that usually arch downwards and branchlets that are covered in soft hairs.

seed pods that form after flowering have a narrowly oblong shape and are curved to straight with a length of up to 10 cm (3.9 in) and a width of around 9 mm (0.35 in). The oblong to elliptic black seeds within are 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in) in length.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1864 in the work Flora Australiensis. It was reclassified by Leslie Pedley in 1987 as Racosperma leichhardtii then returned to genus Acacia in 2001.[3]

Distribution

It is native to an area of

Toowoomba in the south east on the Darling Downs growing on sandstone ranges in shallow stony sandy soils as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Acacia leichhardtii". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Acacia leichhardtii "Leichhardt's Wattle"". Paten Park Native Nursery. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Acacia leichhardtii Benth. Leichhardt's Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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