Acacia beckleri

Acacia beckleri, or Barrier Range wattle, is a plant in the genus Acacia native to Australasia, typically Australia.[4][2][5] It is named after Dr Hermann Beckler, the botanist on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861[6] and it was he who collected the type specimen (NSW 47447,[7] found in a "Glen to the gorge Nothungbulla, Hodgson's Basin, near the Barrier Range").[7][8] The common name refers to the Barrier Range in the Broken Hill area, western New South Wales.[9] This species is similar to A. notabilis (notable wattle, Flinder's wattle, stiff golden wattle) and A. gladiformis (sword wattle, sword-leaf wattle).[1]

Acacia beckleri
Barrier Range wattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. aemula
Binomial name
Acacia aemula
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms

Description

It is a decumbent shrub 1–3 m in height. Its stem and branches are reddish-brown in color. Its phyllodes are oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, straight or slightly curved. Leaves are green to pale green in color and 6–20 cm long. Midvein and marginal veins are visible. There are 2-9 inflorescences. There are up to 60 individual flowers in each globular cluster. The flowers are bright yellow in color and have a diameter of 8–17 mm. Pods are straight, flat, mostly straight-sided to barely and irregularly more deeply constricted between seeds. These are 5–13 cm long, mostly 5–6 mm wide, firmly papery to thinly leathery. Seeds are longitudinal, with the funicle expanded towards the seed. It flowers in June and August.[1] This plant can be propagated by seed and probably also cuttings.[9]

See also

References
  1. Kodela, P. G. "Acacia beckleri Tindale". Flora of NSW. PlaNET.
  2. "Acacia beckleri (Barrier Range wattle)". Global Species.
  3. Tindale, M.D. in Eichler, Hj. (1965) Acacia beckleri. Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 173-174
  4. "Acacia beckleri". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. "Acacia beckleri Tindale Barrier Range Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia.
  6. "Acacia beckleri". Australian Government. 1976.
  7. NSW 47447, Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. "Acacia beckleri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. Sheather, Warren; Gloria Sheather. "Acacia beckleri".
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