Acacia deuteroneura Pedley

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub to c. 3 m tall. Branchlets pruinose, glabrous. Phyllodes narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic or ±oblanceolate, 3–6 cm long, 6–12 mm wide, obtuse, coriaceous, glaucous, glabrous; midrib prominent, with a minor nerve parallel to midrib for ⅔ length of phyllode; lateral nerves few and obscure; gland somewhat prominent, 10–18 mm above pulvinus, occasionally a second gland above middle. Inflorescences racemose; raceme axes 3–5 cm long, pruinose, glabrous; peduncles 10–16 mm long, pruinose, glabrous; heads globular, 20–30-flowered, yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals c. ⅗-united. Pods to c. 5 cm long, 12–13 mm wide, firmly chartaceous, pruinose, glabrous. Seeds transverse, oblong-elliptic, 3.5–4 mm long, ±dull, black; funicle 3/4 encircling seed in a double fold; aril clavate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Acacia deuteroneura grows with Eucalyptus bakeri on a knoll of weathered sandstone.
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia deuteroneura world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470165-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201097
COL ID 8P59
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia deuteroneura Racosperma deuteroneurum