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Acacia evenulosa

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Acacia evenulosa
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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. evenulosa
Binomial name
Acacia evenulosa
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia evenulosa is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to Western Australia.

The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2.0 metres (2 to 7 ft).[1] The branchlets are ribbed with persistent stipules that are 1.5 to 3 mm (0.059 to 0.118 in) in length. The phyllodes are erect with a narrowly oblong to linear shape that is straight to shallowly incurved and often biconvex. Each phyllode is 1.5 to 4 cm (0.59 to 1.57 in) in length and has a width of 2 to 3.5 mm (0.079 to 0.138 in) and narrowed at the base.[2] It produces yellow flowers from August to September.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1999 as part of the work Acacia miscellany 16. The taxonomy of fifty-five species of Acacia, primarily Western Australian, in section Phyllodineae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia. The species was reclassified in 2003 as Racosperma evenulosum by Leslie Pedley and transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.[3]

It is endemic to an area in the Goldfields-Esperance, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it is found on flats and undulating plains growing in sandy, clay, loamy or gravelly soils.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Acacia evenulosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ "Acacia evenulosa". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Acacia evenulosa Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 January 2019.