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Acacia isoneura

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Acacia isoneura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. isoneura
Binomial name
Acacia isoneura
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia isoneura is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to western Australia.

Description

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The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft)[1] and had a rounded, obconic habit. The glabrous branchlets are sericeous between the ribs and towards the apices. The green to grey-green coloured glabrous phyllodes are soft and flexible. The pungent phyllodes have a length of 7 to 14 cm (2.8 to 5.5 in) and a diameter of 0.5 to 1.2 mm (0.020 to 0.047 in) and has eight broad nerves that are separated by narrow furrows.[2] It blooms from July to September producing yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences occur singly or in pairs in the axils and have an obloid to stoutly cylindrical shape with a length of 8 to 15 mm (0.31 to 0.59 in) packed with golden flowers. The chartaceous seed pods that form after flowering are linear or resemble a string of beads have a length of 3 to 6 cm (1.2 to 2.4 in) and a width of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in). The glossy mottled grey brown to light brown seeds within the pods are arranged longitudinally and have and length of 2 to 3 mm (0.079 to 0.118 in).[2]

Taxonomy

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There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Acacia isoneura subsp. isoneura
  • Acacia isoneura subsp. nimia

Distribution

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It is native to an area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in flats, sandplains, low rises and ridges in stony sandy soils.[1] The bulk of the population is found from Mingenew in the north to Perenjori and Wubin in the south.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Acacia isoneura". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ a b "Acacia isoneura". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 20 August 2019.