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''Acacia lysiphloia'' is a shrub belonging to the genus '' Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae''. It is native to northern parts of Australia.
''Acacia lysiphloia'' is a shrub belonging to the genus '' Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae''. It is native to northern parts of Australia.
Description
The viscid and spreading shrub typically growing to a height of . It flowers from May to September producing yellow flowers. The bark is red-brownminni ritchi Minni ritchi bark on an acacia in the Pilbara region of Western Australia Minni ritchi bark of ''Eucalyptus crucis'' near Wongan Hills
Minni ritchi is a type of reddish-brown bark that continuously peels in small curly flakes, leaving the tre ...
style. The phyllodes have an oblique arrangement and a linear-obovate shape, typically in length and wide. The flowers five-merous with a calyx that is long. These eventually form seed pods that flat and straight to strongly curved and in length containing red-brown seeds.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as part of the work ''Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem'' published in the ''Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany''. The only known synonyms of this species are ''Racosperma lysiphloia'' and ''Racosperma lysiphloium'' as described byLeslie 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 ...
in 1987.
Distribution
The plant will grown in red sand, loam and clay soils, it is found on plains and stony hills. It is found mostly in tropical areas in the Kimberley region ofWestern Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
and northern Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
. It is usually part of in open ''Eucalypt
Eucalypt is a descriptive name for woody plants with capsule fruiting bodies belonging to seven closely related genera (of the tribe Eucalypteae) found across Australasia:
''Eucalyptus'', ''Corymbia'', ''Angophora'', '' Stockwellia'', ''Allosyn ...
'' and ''Acacia'' woodland, low scrub or spinifex grassland.
See also
* List of ''Acacia'' speciesReferences
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9566608 lysiphloia Acacias of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1859