Acacia trigonophylla

Acacia trigonophylla is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia. It is native to Western Australia.[1]

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

Description

The multi-branched pungent shrub is typically 1 to 2.5 metres (3 to 8 ft) in height with an erect habit.[1] The green branchlets are angled from the stem. The phyllodes are continuous with branchlets forming narrow triangular wings that are 1 to 6 centimetres (0.4 to 2.4 in) long and 1 to 3 millimetres (0.039 to 0.118 in) wide.[2] It blooms between August and November producing yellow flowers.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meissner in 1848 as part of Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae. It was briefly reclassified as Racosperma trigonophyllum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley before being reverted to the current name in 2006.[3]

The type specimen was collected by James Drummond in 1844 in the Swan River Colony.[2]

Plants with shorter phyllodes are often confused with Acacia incurva or Acacia daviesioides. A. trigonophylla one of only a few Acacia species in which the aril faces the base of the pod only Acacia dentifera has the same arrangement.[2]

Distribution

It has a scattered distribution from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel and Great Southern regions. It is found as far north as Three Springs, south as Mount Barker and east as Lake Grace. It is found in swamps, on hill sides and among granite outcrops where it grows in sandy granitic or lateritic soils.[1]

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See also

References
  1. "Acacia trigonophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Acacia trigonophylla". World Wide Wattle. Herbarium of Western Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. "Acacia trigonophylla Meisn". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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