Acacia leptophleba
| Acacia leptophleba | |
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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. leptophleba |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia leptophleba | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Racosperma leptophlebum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pedley | |
Acacia leptophleba is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a rounded shrub with more or less smooth or slightly rough, grey bark, narrowly elliptic to narrowly lance-shaped, leathery rigid phyllodes, spikes of golden yellow flowers and erect, linear, woody, striated, glabrous pods.
Description
Acacia leptophleba is a rounded, scurfy, resinous shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2 m (1 ft 8 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has more or less smooth or slightly rough, grey bark and are light to dark brown branchlets. Its phyllodes are narrowly elliptic to narrowly lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 35–110 mm (1.4–4.3 in) long, 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) wide, wavy with resinous margins, rigid and leathery. The flowers are golden yellow and borne in spikes 20–45 mm (0.79–1.77 in) long. Flowering occurs from February to September, and the pods are erected, liear to lance-shaped and straight-sided, 70–115 mm (2.8–4.5 in) long and 6–9.5 mm (0.24–0.37 in) wide, woody, striated and glabrous with prominent margins. The seeds are oblong, 68 mm (2.7 in) long and black or dark brown with a narrow conical aril.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Acacia leptophleba was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in his Flora Australiensis from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller .[6][7] The specific epithet (leptophleba) means 'thin or slender veined'.[8]
Distribution and habitat
This species of wattle grows in sandy or rocky soils on limy sandstone, dolomite or graphite on hillsides in woodland or on plains in grassland in northern Australia, mainly in the Ord and Bow River districts and at Sturt Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and from the Victoria River (Northern Territory) and eastwards to Montejinni Station and Wave Hill in the Northern Territory.[9][9]
Conservation status
Acacia leptophleba is listed as 'not threatened' by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[9] and as 'least concern' under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Acacia leptophleba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ Tindale, Mary D.; Kodela, Phillip G. Orchard, Anthony E. (ed.). "Acacia leptophleba". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Acacia leptophleba". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia leptophleba". Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia leptophleba". World Wide Wattle. CSIRO. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ↑ "Acacia leptophleba". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 395. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ George, Alex S.; Sharr, Francis A. (2023). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings - A Glossary (fifth ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables Press. p. 245. ISBN 9780645629538.
- 1 2 3 "Acacia leptophleba". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.