''Acacia carens'' is a shrub belonging to the genus ''
Acacia''. It is native to a small area on the Lesueur sandplain on the coast at the meeting of the
Mid West
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and
Wheatbelt regions of
Western Australia
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.
Description
The shrub typically grows to a height of and has an open broom-like habit.
[ It has ]glabrous
Glabrousness (from the Latin '' glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of ...
, striated, terete green branchlets that have prominent yellow ribbing with narrowly triangular stipule
In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole). Stipules are considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many speci ...
s that are in length. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The few evergreen phyllodes are distantly spaced and continuous with the branches. They are rudimentary and minute with a length of .[
]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin
Bruce Roger Maslin (born 3 May 1946) is an Australian botanist, known for his work on ''Acacia'' taxonomy.
Born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, he obtained an honours degree in botany from the University of Western Australia in 1967, then to ...
in 1995 as part of the work ''Acacia Miscellany Taxonomy of some Western Australian phyllocladinous and aphyllodinous taxa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). '' as published in the journal ''Nuytsia
''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...
''. The species as reclassified as ''Racosperma carens'' in 2003 by Leslie Pedley
Leslie Pedley (19 May 1930 – 27 November 2018)IPNILeslie Pedley/ref> was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus ''Acacia''. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name ''Racosperma'', creating a split in the genus, which r ...
but returned to the genus ''Acacia'' in 2006.
Distribution
The species is found in a small area between Coorow and Dandaragan
Dandaragan is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The name of Dandaragan was first recorded in 1850 as the name of a nearby gulley and spring or watering hole known as Dandaraga spring. The word is Indigenous Australian ...
where it grows it sandy gravelly soils on lateritic hills[ as part of heathland communities.][
]
See also
* List of ''Acacia'' species
References
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carens
Acacias of Western Australia
Plants described in 1995
Taxa named by Bruce Maslin