Biology:Acacia rhamphophylla
| Kundip wattle | |
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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. rhamphophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia rhamphophylla Maslin
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Acacia rhamphophylla, commonly known as Kundip wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to a small area in south western Australia . It is listed as an endangered species according to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[1]
Description
The low spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.4 metres (1 to 1 ft)[2] and a width of 0.4 to 1.1 m (1 ft 4 in to 3 ft 7 in).[1] It has hairy, slender, dark grey coloured branchlets with setaceous recurved stipules that are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) in length. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous, dark green phyllodes are crowded on the branchlets. The linear phyllodes have a length of 11 to 17 mm (0.43 to 0.67 in) and a width of 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) are narrowed at the base and with a raised and prominent midrib.[3] It blooms from August to September and produces yellow flowers.[2]
Taxonomy
It is known to be closely related to Acacia laricina and Acacia cedroides and is also closely allied to Acacia pusilla.[3]
Distribution
It is native to an area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it is often situated on the higher areas of low ranges growing in rocky sandy clay soils.[2] as part of open mallee scrub communities. Its limited range in the Ravensthorpe Range where it is found in an area of on vacant crown land, some of which is a mining lease. In 1992, there are known to be over 100 individual plants.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Acacia rhamphophylla, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Acacia rhamphophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/14140.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Acacia rhamphophylla Maslin". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/entities/acacia_rhamphophylla.htm. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q15288790 entry
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