Biology:Acacia kettlewelliae
| Buffalo wattle | |
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| In Wadbilliga National Park | |
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. kettlewelliae
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia kettlewelliae Maiden[2]
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Acacia kettlewelliae, commonly known as buffalo wattle,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-east of continental Australia. It is a bushy shrub or tree with narrowly oblong, narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of bright, light golden yellow flowers, and firmly papery, oblong to egg-shaped pods.
Description
Acacia kettlewelliae is a bushy shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 2–10 m (6 ft 7 in–32 ft 10 in) and has glabrous branchlets. Its phyllodes are narrowly oblong, narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, usually 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide on a raised stem-projection. The phyllodes are thin, green to glaucous and glabrous with one vein on each side and a downwards pointing gland usually 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) above the pulvinus. The flowers are borne in spherical heads in many racemes mostly 10–70 mm (0.39–2.76 in) long and more or less glabrous, the heads on glabrous peduncles 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long, Each head usually has 8 to 11 bright, light golden yellow flowers. Flowering ocurs from September to December, and the pods are firmly papery, oblong to egg-shaped, straight or sometimes slightly curved and more or less flat, 30–110 mm (1.2–4.3 in) long and 7–14 mm (0.28–0.55 in) wide. The seeds are oblong to egg-shaped, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, and more or less dull black with a club-shaped aril.[3][4][5][6]
Taxonomy
Acacia kettlewelliae was first formally described in 1916 by Joseph Maiden in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales from specimens collected between St. Bernard's Hospice and Harrietville by Richard Hind Cambage in 1913.[7][8] The specific epithet (kettlewelliae) honours Agnes Louisa Kettlewell, who was the first honorary secretary of the Sydney branch of the Wattle Day League.[7]
Distribution and habitat
This species of wattle grows at higher altitudes in montane forest but also on lower slopes near streams, along the Great Dividing Range from around Tumut in New South Wales, south to Mount Buffalo and near Omeo in Victoria.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ Svensson, M.S. (2024). "Acacia kettlewelliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T248398183A248398209.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/248398183/248398209.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Acacia kettlewelliae". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/65041.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Maslin, Bruce R.; Kodela, Phillip G.. "Acacia kettlewelliae". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Acacia%20kettlewelliae.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Acacia kettlewelliae". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~kettlewelliae.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Entwisle, Timothy J.; Maslin, Bruce R.; Cowan, Richard S.; Court, Arthur B.; Stajsic, Val. "Acacia kettlewelliae". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/aba4b501-f1da-4e86-b49e-b7f35e8e85f6.
- ↑ Maslin, Bruce R.. "Acacia kettlewelliae". Australian Biological Resources Study. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/entities/acacia_kettlewelliae.htm.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Maiden, Joseph (1916). "Notes on Acacia, (with description of new species), No. I.". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49 (3): 484–486. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130155#page/652/mode/1up. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia kettlewelliae". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/471939.
Wikidata ☰ Q15287470 entry
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