Acacia cincinnata

Acacia cincinnata, also known as the Daintree wattle or circle fruit salwood,[1] is a species of leguminous trees of the plant family Fabaceae, found naturally in north eastern Australia.[2]

Daintree wattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. cincinnata
Binomial name
Acacia cincinnata
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

It is usually a small tree with a height of 5 to 25 m (16 to 82 ft)[3] and has been recorded with a dbh of 60 cm (24 in).[1] It has furrowed and flaky bark that is dark grey to black in colour. The stout and angular, lightly haired branchlets with a pale brownish grey colour. Like many species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The flat evergreen phyllodes have a falcate narrowly elliptic shape that tapers gradually towards apex and base. They are 10 to 16 cm (3.9 to 6.3 in) in length with a width of 11 to 30 mm (0.43 to 1.18 in) with three 3 main conspicuous nerves.[3] The tree flowers between May and June, producing yellow inflorescences.[4]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1878 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. It was reclassified as Racosperma cincinnatum in 1987 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.[5]

Distribution

The tree is endemic to Queensland where it is often situated along the margins of rainforest in damper parts of the Atherton Tableland, the Eungella Range and the adjacent coast and in high rainfall areas between Maryborough and Brisbane. The tree is also found along river banks and in open Eucalyptus forest communities usually growing in sandy soils over granite.[3]

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See also

List of Acacia species

References
  1. "Acacia cincinnata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Acacia cincinnata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. "Acacia cincinnata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. "Acacia cincinnata F.Muell". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. "Acacia cincinnata F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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