Acacia jasperensis Maconochie, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 6: 201; 202, fig. 1 (1983)
Closely related to A. alleniana but differing mainly in the following ways. Phyllodes slightly thicker; gland normally 1–4 mm above pulvinus. Pods narrowly oblong, rounded over seeds along midline, to 10 cm long, 8–18 mm wide, chartaceous, pruinose (pruinosity often absent on herbarium material).Seeds suborbicular to widely elliptic, 3–4.5 mm wide, slightly shiny.
Occurs in the Keep R. Natl Park and at Jasper Gorge, also the Mt Brockman area in Kakadu Natl Park, N.T.; extending just into W.A. E of Kununurra. Grows on sandstone hills.
A member of the ‘ A. juncifolia group’. It cannot be distinguished with certainty from A. alleniana unless in fruit. Both species occur in the Kakadu Natl Park.
Type of accepted name
Jasper Gorge, N.T., 30 Mar. 1981, J.R.Maconochie 2631 ; holo: NT; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, DNA, K, MEL, MO, NSW, PERTH.
Illustration
J.R.Maconochie, loc. cit .
Representative collections
W.A.: E of Kununurra, off Victoria Hwy, I.Cowie 4162 (BRI n.v. , CANB n.v. , DNA n.v. , MEL n.v. , PERTH). N.T.: Keep River Natl Park, C.R.Dunlop 5823 (DNA, PERTH); Koongarra area, [Kakadu Natl Park], C.R.Dunlop 4866 (DNA).
(BRM)
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