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Acacia vincentii

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Acacia vincentii

Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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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. vincentii
Binomial name
Acacia vincentii

Acacia vincentii is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of north western Australia.

Description

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The shrub typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft)[1] and has long, arching branches with cylindrical and hairy branchlets that have persistent bristle-like stipules with a length of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in). Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The ascending to erect, thinly leathery and evergreen phyllodes have an inequilaterally oblong-oblanceolate shape with rounded upper margin. The hairy phyllodes have a length of 4.5 to 5 mm (0.18 to 0.20 in) and a width of 1.5 to 2 mm (0.059 to 0.079 in) and two or three slightly raised nerves.[2] It blooms in August and produces yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences occur singly in the axils and have obloid shaped flower-heads with a diameter of 5.5 mm (0.22 in) and contain 41 yellow coloured flowers. The hairy and crustaceous seed pods have a narrowly oblong shape and are curved with a length of up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) and a width of 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) and contain shiny black seeds.[2]

Distribution

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It is native to an area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on sandstone plateaux in shallow sandy soils.[1] It has a limited range and is confined to the Edkins Range.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Acacia vincentii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ a b c "Acacia vincentii". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 22 January 2021.