''Acacia cyclocarpa'', commonly known as ring-pod minni-ritchie,
[ is a shrub belonging to the genus '']Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae''. It is native to a small area of the Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
region of Western Australia.
Description
The shrub has a sprawling, decumbent to semi-erect habit and typically grows to a height of and has minni ritchi style bark that is found at the base of mature stems. The glabrous branchlets have persistent triangular shaped stipules that are around in length. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllode
Phyllodes are modified petioles or leaf stems, which are leaf-like in appearance and function. In some plants, these become flattened and widened, while the leaf itself becomes reduced or vanishes altogether. Thus the phyllode comes to serve the ...
s rather than true leaves. The evergreen, thin-textured and flat phyllodes have a narrowly linear to linear-elliptic shape that is narrowed at the base. The phyllodes have a length of in length and wide with a fine, curved, innocuous point.
Distribution
It is endemic to the north western parts of Western Australia in the Kimberley region where it is found in the Prince Regent River
The Prince Regent River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Caroline Range near Mount Agnes then flow in a north westerly direction. The river enters and flows through the Prince Reg ...
catchment area with reasonably large populations with the individuals growing in skeletal sandy soils over broken sandstone scattered over several kilometres. It is part of scrubland communities that also include ''Acacia orthocarpa
''Acacia orthocarpa'', also commonly known as Pilbara weeping wattle, needle-leaf wattle or straight-podded wattle, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae'' that is endemic to tropical parts of northern ...
'', ''Eucalyptus miniata
''Eucalyptus miniata'', commonly known as the Darwin woollybutt or woolewoorrng, is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has rough, fibrous, brownish bark on the trunk, smooth greyish bark above. Adult ...
'', '' Eucalyptus phoenicea'', ''Owenia vernicosa
''Owenia vernicosa'', the emu apple, is a species of tree found in the north of Australia. The bark is an orange-grey colour that flakes away from the trunk. Deep red fruit appear after the flowering period, when the white, cream and green inflo ...
'' and ''Triodia claytonii
Triodia may refer to:
* ''Triodia'' (moth), a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae
* ''Triodia'' (plant), a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae
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See also
* List of ''Acacia'' species
References
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cyclocarpa
Acacias of Western Australia
Plants described in 2013
Taxa named by Russell Lindsay Barrett
Taxa named by Bruce Maslin
Taxa named by Matthew David Barrett