Acacia fleckeri Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 211; 232, fig. 8G (1978)
Tree 3–13 m high. Branchlets pendulous, lenticellate, glabrous. Phyllodes narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, often slightly inaequilateral, straight or slightly incurved, 9–17 cm long, 13–45 mm wide, obtuse or acute, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, with 3–6 main nerves and longitudinally anastomosing minor nerves inbetween; gland 0–2 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences simple or rudimentary 1-headed racemes with axes to 1 mm long, 2–6 per node; peduncles 4–7 mm long, sometimes to 12 mm in fruit, glabrous; basal bract persistent; heads globular, 4.5–5 mm diam., 30–40-flowered, golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods linear, alternately raised over seeds on each side, straight, to 12 cm long, 8–11 mm wide, coriaceous, glabrous; margins thickened. Seeds longitudinal, broadly elliptic, c. 4 mm long, dull, brown; funicle/aril encircling seed.
Restricted to the Cape York Penin. from near Weipa E to near Bowden on the Pascoe R. and Wenlock on the Wenlock R., Qld. Grows along sandy creek or river banks or on shell mounds in fringing woodland with species of Melaleuca , Leptospermum , Eucalyptus and other Acacia species.
Related to A. complanata which has flattened branchlets, larger flower-heads and pods wrinkled over seeds. Also related to A. ommatosperma .
Type of accepted name
Pascoe R. crossing of Iron Ra.-Wenlock road, Qld, July 1948, L.Brass 19664 ; holo: BRI; iso: CANB, K.
Synonymy
Racosperma fleckeri (Pedley) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 348 (1987). Type: as for accepted name.
Illustration
L.Pedley, loc. cit. (1978).
Representative collections
Qld: Hey Point beach on Hey R., just upstream of Point, A.Morton 1162 (BRI); Pascoe R. on Wenlock R.- Kennedy road crossing, A.Morton 1548 (BRI, MEL).
(RSC & BRM)
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