Acacia isoneura
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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. isoneura
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| Acacia isoneura | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia isoneura is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to western Australia.
Description
[edit]The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft)[1] and had a rounded, obconic habit. The glabrous branchlets are sericeous between the ribs and towards the apices. The green to grey-green coloured glabrous phyllodes are soft and flexible. The pungent phyllodes have a length of 7 to 14 cm (2.8 to 5.5 in) and a diameter of 0.5 to 1.2 mm (0.020 to 0.047 in) and has eight broad nerves that are separated by narrow furrows.[2] It blooms from July to September producing yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences occur singly or in pairs in the axils and have an obloid to stoutly cylindrical shape with a length of 8 to 15 mm (0.31 to 0.59 in) packed with golden flowers. The chartaceous seed pods that form after flowering are linear or resemble a string of beads have a length of 3 to 6 cm (1.2 to 2.4 in) and a width of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in). The glossy mottled grey brown to light brown seeds within the pods are arranged longitudinally and have and length of 2 to 3 mm (0.079 to 0.118 in).[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]There are two recognised subspecies:
- Acacia isoneura subsp. isoneura
- Acacia isoneura subsp. nimia
Distribution
[edit]It is native to an area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in flats, sandplains, low rises and ridges in stony sandy soils.[1] The bulk of the population is found from Mingenew in the north to Perenjori and Wubin in the south.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acacia isoneura". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Acacia isoneura". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 20 August 2019.