Acacia stigmatophylla

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Acacia stigmatophylla
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. stigmatophylla
Binomial name
Acacia stigmatophylla
Benth.
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia stigmatophylla, also known as djulurd, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae the is endemic to northern parts of Western Australia.

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 4 metres (3 to 13 ft)

seed pods form that are basally narrowed form. The pods have a length of 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in) and a width of 4.5 to 8.5 mm (0.18 to 0.33 in) and open elastically from the apex. The dark brown seeds inside have a broadly oblong-elliptic shape and are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) in length.[2]

Distribution

It is native to a large area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia from around Broome and east to the border with the Northern Territory where it is situated in a large variety of habitat growing in sometimes skeletal sandy soils over granite, sandstone[1] or quartzite as a part of coastal monsoon forest on the hills and ranges above savannah grassland or open Eucalyptus woodland communities.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
    .
  2. ^ a b c "Acacia stigmatophylla". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 7 April 2019.