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Acacia caesariata

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Species of legume

Acacia caesariata
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (EPBC Act)
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. caesariata
Binomial name
Acacia caesariata
R.S.Cowan & Maslin
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia caesariata is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Description

The dense rounded shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 1.6 metres (2.0 to 5.2 ft). It has hairy and slightly ribbed branchelts that have persistent stipules with a length of 1.5 to 4 mm (0.059 to 0.157 in).Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The leathery, dull green to grey-green, erect to ascending phyllodes have an oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate shape and can be straight to shallowly incurved. the phyllodes are 2 to 4.5 cm (0.79 to 1.77 in) in length and 2 to 10 mm (0.079 to 0.394 in) wide and have three to five or more subdistant longitudinal nerves per face. It blooms from August to September and produces yellow flowers.

Description

It has a disjunct distribution from around Kununoppin in the north to Lake Grace in the south where it grows in gritty clay and loam soils as a part of Eucalyptus woodland and mallee scrub communities.

See also

References

  1. Government Gazette(2018) Wildlife Conservation (Rare Flora) Notice 2017.Government Gazette, 16 January 2018, p.189 Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Acacia caesariata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Acacia caesariata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 14 October 2020.


Taxon identifiers
Acacia caesariata
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