Acacia chrysopoda
| Acacia chrysopoda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. chrysopoda
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia chrysopoda | |
| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Racosperma chrysopodum (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley | |
Acacia chrysopoda is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a compact, densely branched shrub, with hairy branchlets, linear phyllodes crowded at the ends of branchlets, spherical heads of light golden yellow flowers and linear to narrowly oblong, more or less curved, thinly leathery pods.
Description
Acacia chrysopoda is a compact, densely branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has branchlets covered with golden or white hairs when young. The phyllodes are crowded at the ends of branchlets, linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide with one to three, more or less indistinct main longitudinal veins. The flowers are arranged in one or two spherical heads in axils on a peduncle mostly 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. Each head is 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in diameter with mostly 30 to 45 light golden yellow flowers. Flowering occurs from about July to August and the pods are linear to narrowly oblong, more or less curved, thinly leathery and 20–35 mm (0.79–1.38 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide.[2][3][4][5][6]
Taxonomy
Acacia chrysopoda was first formally described in 1928 by the botanists Joseph Maiden and William Blakely in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia from specimens apparently collected near Cape Arid by George Maxwell.[2][7] (The collection from near "Cape Arid" is likely to be an error by Maxwell.)[3] The specific epithet (chrysopoda) means 'golden foot', referring to the golden hairs on the peduncles.[8]
Distribution
This species of wattle grows in sand or loam in Eucalyptus woodland between Karlgarin Hill and south to Newdegate and Lake King in the Coolgardie and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[3][4][6]
Conservation status
Acacia chrysopoda is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Acacia chrysopoda". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ a b Maiden, Joseph H.; Blakely, William F. (1927). "Descriptions of fifty new species and six varieties of western and northern Australian Acacias, and notes on four other species". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 13: 10. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Cowan, Richard S.; Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia chrysopoda". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Acacia chrysopoda". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Acacia chrysopoda". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Acacia chrysopoda". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Acacia chrysocephala". APNI. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780958034180.