''Acacia fasciculifera'', commonly known as scrub ironbark or less frequently as rosewood, is a tree 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 ''Phyllodineae''
endemic to parts of
Queensland.
Description
The tree can grow to a height of up and forms a dense canopy. It has flexuose and pendulous branchlets that are
glabrous. The light green
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 have a narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic shape. The phyllodes have a length of and a width of with prominent midribs and marginal nerves.
[ It mostly flowers in the summer months between November and March.][
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Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1864 as part of the work '' Flora Australiensis''. It was reclassified as ''Racosperma fasciculiferum'' in 1987 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to genus ''Acacia'' in 2001. The only other synonym is ''Acacia penninervis'' var. ''stenophylla''.
Distribution
It is found in Queensland from Boonah
Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,484 people.
Geography
The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Range ...
in the south up to around Bowen Bowen may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Bowen, Queensland, a town
* Bowen Hills, Queensland, a suburb
** Bowen Hills railway station, a railway station in Bowen Hills
** Bowen Park, Brisbane, a park in Bowen Hills
* Bowen Bridge, crossing the Derw ...
in the north with the bulk of the population situated between Boonah and Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
. It is found on ridges and along creek lines growing as a part of '' Eucalyptus'' woodland communities.
See also
* List of ''Acacia'' species
References
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fasciculifera
Endemic flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1864
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller