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Acacia sporadica

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

Acacia sporadica, also commonly known as the pale hickory wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to a small area in Victoria

Description

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The root suckering shrub typically grows to a height of around 3 m (9.8 ft) and has glabrous branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen blue-green and glabrous phyllodes have an asymmetric obovate to oblanceolate shape that can sometimes be almost elliptic. The phyllodes have a length of 2.5 to 6.5 cm (0.98 to 2.56 in) and a width of 7 to 32 mm (0.28 to 1.26 in) and have a prominent midrib and marginal nerves.[2]

Taxonomy

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The species was first formally described by the botanist Neville Walsh in 2004 as part of the work Two new wattles endemic to Victoria as published in the journal Muelleria.[1][3]

Distribution

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It has a disjunct distribution from around the Howqua River, and Carboor East and in areas close to Taradale where it is often situated on rocky hills as a part of woodlands or Eucalyptus forest communities.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh Pale Hickory-Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ N.G. Walsh (2004). "Two new wattles endemic to Victoria" (PDF). Muelleria. 19: 3–8. doi:10.5962/P.291360. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q103967128.