Acacia coriacea
| Acacia coriacea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. coriacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia coriacea DC. | |
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| Range of Acacia coriacea | |
Acacia coriacea, commonly known as river jam, wirewood, desert oak, wiry wattle or dogwood, is a tree in the family Mimosoideae of family Fabaceae. A. coriacea occurs throughout northern Australia, growing as a tall tree on the banks of rivers. It can also occur as a spreading, low tree behind coastal dunes and on 'spinifex' plains.[1]
River jam grows to a height of about eight metres. It usually has just one or two main trunks. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are thick and leathery, between twenty and thirty centimetres long, and narrow. The flowers are yellow, and held in spherical clusters about five millimetres in diameter. The pods are usually curled up, but are around twenty centimetres long when straightened. They are greatly constricted between the seeds.[2]
Common name issues
In some parts of A. coriacea's range the common name "desert oak" is prevalent,[3] but throughout the larger part of that range this name is often applied to another tree, Allocasuarina decaisneana.[4][5]
The name "Dogwood" is used for numerous plant species in Australia and elsewhere, see Dogwood (disambiguation).
Varieties
There are three subspecies.[6]
- Acacia coriacea var. coriacea is a synonym for Acacia coriacea subsp. coriacea.[7]
References
Notes
- ↑ Mitchell, A.A., Wilcox, D.G. (1988). Arid Shrubland Plants of Western Australia. Perth: University of Western Australia Press. p. 382. ISBN 1-875560-22-X.
- ↑ http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3270
- ↑ Jessop, J.P. and Toelken, H.R., State Herbarium of South Australia (1986). Flora of South Australia Part II. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division. p. 530. ISBN 0 7243 4656 2.
- ↑ Jessop, J.P. and Toelken, H.R., State Herbarium of South Australia (1986). Flora of South Australia Part I. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division. p. 109. ISBN 0 7243 4648 1.
- ↑ Western Australian Herbarium. "Allocasuarina decaisneana (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson Desert Oak". Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=41549
- ↑ Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
General references
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acacia coriacea |
- "Acacia coriacea". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- "Acacia coriacea". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- Mitchell, A. A. and Wilcox, D. G. (1994). Arid Shrubland Plants of Western Australia (Second and Enlarged ed.). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1-875560-22-X.
