Acacia riceana
| Rice's wattle | |
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Illustration of Acacia riceana
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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. riceana
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia riceana | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acacia erythropus Ten. nom. dub.[2] | |
Acacia riceana, commonly known as Rice's wattle, is a small, fast-growing, evergreen shrub to small tree in the legume family endemic to the southeast corner of Tasmania.
Description
Acacia riceana forms a dense prickly bush up to 5 m (16 ft) in height in the wettest areas of its range. It is one of several species to have narrow pointed phyllodes but is distinctive in having them arranged in groups of 3 to 6. Acacia riceana bears close resemblance to Acacia derwentiana which has similar phyllodes (only narrower) and distribution.[3] It has dense foliage with weeping branches and flowers from July to January with seed pods maturing in January and February.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
English botanist John Stevens Henslow described Rice's wattle in 1839 from a plant grown in Cambridge University Botanic Garden, from seed sent from Tasmania. It still bears its original name.[1] The species was named in honour of Thomas Spring Rice, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time.[5] It is related to Acacia axillaris, but this species has erect rather than weeping branches.[4]
Distribution
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References
- ^ a b "Acacia riceana Hensl". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Acacia erythropus Ten. nom. dub". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Greg Jordan (2011). "Acacia riceana". Key to Tasmanian Dicots. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Acacia riceana Hensl., Botanist 3: t. 135 (1839)". World Wide Wattle. CSIRO Publishing. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ Mills, Colin (18 July 2010). "Acacia riceana Hensl". Hortus Camdenensis. Retrieved 17 September 2012.