Trichome

Acacia leucolobia
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. leucolobia
Binomial name
Acacia leucolobia
Occurrence data from AVH[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Racosperma leucolobium (Sweet) Pedley

Acacia leucolobia is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to eastern Australia.

Description[edit]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) and has a spreading habit. patent to reflexed phyllodes that have a narrowly oblong-elliptic to lanceolate shape.

Distribution[edit]

It is native to an area of New South Wales from around Coolah in the north down to around Katoomba in the south and from around Bowral to Wingello as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities.[4]

Taxonomy and naming[edit]

It was first described in 1830 by Robert Sweet.[1][2] The specific epithet, leucolobia, is an adjective describing the plant as "white-podded".[5][2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Acacia leucolobia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b c Sweet, R. (1830) Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 2: 165
  3. ^ "Acacia leucolobia Sweet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  4. ^ "Acacia leucolobia". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. ^ Sweet, R. (1839) Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn 3: 198

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