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Acacia baeuerlenii

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Acacia baeuerlenii Maiden & R.T.Baker (as ‘Baeuerleni’), Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales ser. 2, 10: 583, pl. 51 (1896)

Slender shrub 1–4 m high. Branchlets angled, ribbed, pubescent. Phyllodes ascending, narrowly elliptic, straight to slightly incurved, 8–15 cm long, 4.5–13 mm wide, acute, mucronulate, coriaceous, glabrous except puberulous at base and on pulvinus, with numerous, distant main nerves (commonly 3 slightly more evident than the rest), sparingly longitudinally reticulate. Inflorescences 1–3-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–6 mm long, pubescent; peduncles 7–16 mm long, puberulous; heads globular, 7–9 mm diam., 35–40-flowered, creamy white; bracteoles shortly stipitate, oblanceolate-spathulate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals 2/3-united. Pods narrowly oblong, raised over seeds alternately on each side, straight, to 8.5 cm long, 7–9 mm wide, coriaceous, puberulous except margins. Seeds longitudinal, broadly oblong-elliptic, 5–5.5 mm long, dull, dark brown; funicle/aril thick, fleshy, in 2 or 3 terminal folds.

Occurs from Helidon, south-eastern Qld, S to Gibraltar Ra. and Maclean, north-eastern N.S.W. Grows in sand in dry sclerophyll forest.

Related to A. venulosa which is most readily distinguished by its generally shorter phyllodes and peduncles, golden flower-heads and spathulate bracteoles with the blade concave. Also similar to A. veronica .

Type of accepted name

New Italy, N.S.W., Nov. 1895, W.Baeuerlen ; holo: NSW; iso: BRI, K, PERTH (Fragment ex K).

Synonymy

Racosperma baeuerlenii (Maiden & R.T.Baker) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 345 (1987). Type: as for accepted name.

Illustrations

J.H.Maiden & R.T.Baker, loc. cit .; B.A.Lebler, Wildfl. SE Queensland 2: 71 & col. pl. (1981); T.Tame, Acacias SE Australia 74, fig. 58, pl. 58 (1992).

Representative collections

Qld: Lowood, H.Boyd (NSW107625). N.S.W.: Pacific Hwy, 20 km S of Woodburn, I.B.Armitage 1364 (BRI, NSW, PERTH); New Italy, W.Baeuerlen (NSW222583); Yuraygir Natl Park, 12 km W of Wilsons Headland, S.Griffith 022 (NSW).

(RSC & BRM)

WATTLE Acacias of Australia CD-ROM graphic

The information presented here originally appeared on the WATTLE CD-ROM which was jointly published by the Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, and the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth; it was produced by CSIRO Publishing from where it is available for purchase. The WATTLE custodians are thanked for allowing us to post this information here.

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