Acacia leptocarpa
North coast wattle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Acacia |
Species: | A. leptocarpa
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Binomial name | |
Acacia leptocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth.
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Occurrence data from AVH |
Acacia leptocarpa, commonly known as north coast wattle,[1] is a shrub or small tree native to New Guinea and coastal regions of northern Australia.[2]
Description
Acacia leptocarpa normally grows as a small tree, 6 to 10 m (20 to 33 ft) in height
A. leptocarpa resembles Acacia cowleana and Acacia elachantha but has glabrous and thinner phyllodes and longer, more curved pods. It is thought to be allied with Acacia tropica and Acacia cretata. The seed pods appear very similar to those of Acacia gardneri.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part of William Jackson Hooker's work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species as published in the London Journal of Botany. It was reclassified as Racosperma leptocarpum by Leslie Pedley in 1987 and transferred back to genus Acacia in 2001.[4] The
The specific epithet is derived from the Greek words leptos meaning slender and carpos meaning fruit in reference to the thin seed pods.[5]Distribution
It is mostly found in open forest, but will also grow in
See also
References
- ^ a b c "North Coast Wattle (Acacia leptocarpa, fam. Mimosaceae)". Central Queensland Landcare Network. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Acacia leptocarpa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Acacia leptocarpa". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Acacia leptocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Acacia leptocarpa" (PDF). World Agroforestry. Retrieved 9 November 2019.