Acacia setulifera

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Acacia setulifera

Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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. setulifera
Binomial name
Acacia setulifera
Benth.[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia setulifera is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of northern Australia.

Description

The bushy, dense and resinous shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft) and produces bright yellow flowers.

glabrous and resinous branchlets that are apically angular and have coarse ridges.[1] Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The phyllodes
have an elliptic or ovate shape and are often slightly curved and undulate, 0.3 to 0.6 centimetres (0.1 to 0.2 in) long, 1.5 to 3 millimetres (0.1 to 0.1 in) wide. It flowers throughout the year producing spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 5 to 8 mm (0.20 to 0.31 in) containing 15 to 26 bright yellow coloured flowers. The erect
seed pods that form after flowering have a narrowly oblanceolate shape with straight sides with a length of 2.5 to 5 cm (0.98 to 1.97 in) and a width of 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in).[4]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the

top end of the Northern Territory where it is commonly situated on and around sandstone escarpments or ridges as a part of open Eucalyptus or Terminalia woodland communities.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Acacia setulifera". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Bentham, G. (1855) Plantae Muellerianae: Mimoseae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 26(5): 625 Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
    .
  4. Government of the Northern Territory
    . Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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