Acacia kingiana
| Acacia kingiana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | †A. kingiana |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acacia kingiana | |
Acacia kingiana was a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and was endemic to an area north-east of Wagin in the south-west of Western Australia. It was a bushy shrub with narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, and spherical heads of presumably yellow flowers.
Description
Acacia kingiana was a bushy shrub that typically grew to a height of 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) and had branchlets covered with woolly hairs. Its phyllodes were narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, straight to slightly curved, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide and leathery, with two or three main veins. The flowers were presumably yellow, borne in a raceme 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long with spherical heads on peduncles 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Acacia kingiana was first formally described in 1927 by Joseph Maiden and William Faris Blakely in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia from specimens collected by Charles Gardner in 1923, 10 mi (16 km) north-east of Wagin in wandoo forest.[2][5] The specific epithet (kingiana) honours Ethel A. King.[2]
Distribution and habitat
This species of wattle is only known from the type collection north-east of Wagin, where it grew in gravelly soil in wandoo forest.[3]
Conservation status
Acacia kingiana is presumed extinct under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999[6] and the Western Australian Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Acacia kingiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 Maiden, Joseph H.; Blakely, William F. (1927). "Descriptions of fifty new species and six varieties of western and northern Australian Acacias, and notes on four other species". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 13: 19. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 Cowan, Richard S.; Maslin, Bruce R.; Orchard, Anthony E. "Acacia kingiana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Cowan, Richard S.; Maslin, Bruce R. "Acacia kingiana". Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia kingiana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia kingiana SPRAT Profile". Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia kingiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.