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==Description==
==Description==
''Acacia adunca'' is a bushy shrub or tree that typically grows up to a height of {{cvt|6|m}}, {{cvt|3|m}} wide and has thin, dark reddish, [[wikt:glabrous|glabrous]] branchlets. It has narrowly linear phyllodes {{cvt|75–140|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–2.5|mm}} wide and glabrous with one or two [[Gland (botany)|glands]] along the edges. The flowers are arranged in spherical heads along 4 to 11 axillary racemes that are {{cvt|10–35|mm}} long, the heads on a [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] {{cvt|3–5|mm}} long and {{cvt|5–7|mm}} in diameter, with 9 to 14 bright yellow flowers. Flowering usually occurs from June to October and the pods are {{cvt|50–130|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–12|mm}} wide, raised on opposite sides over alternate seeds.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="FoA">{{cite web |last1=Maslin |first1=Bruce R. |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=Phillip G. |title=''Acacia adunca'' |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Acacia%20adunca |publisher=Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="www">{{cite web |title=''Acacia adunca'' |url=https://worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/adunca.php |publisher=World Wide Wattle |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp9/acacia-adunca.html|title=Wallangarra Wattle ''Acacia adunca'' A.Cunn. ex G.Don|work=Growing Native Plants|access-date=14 September 2016|year=2016|publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens}}</ref>
''Acacia adunca'' is a bushy shrub or tree that typically grows up to a height of {{cvt|6|m}}, {{cvt|3|m}} wide and has thin, dark reddish, [[wikt:glabrous|glabrous]] branchlets. It has narrowly linear phyllodes {{cvt|75–140|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–2.5|mm}} wide and glabrous with one or two [[Gland (botany)|glands]] along the edges. The flowers are arranged in spherical heads along 4 to 11 axillary racemes that are {{cvt|10–35|mm}} long, the heads on a [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] {{cvt|3–5|mm}} long and {{cvt|5–7|mm}} in diameter, with 9 to 14 bright yellow flowers. Flowering usually occurs from June to October and the pods are {{cvt|50–130|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–12|mm}} wide, raised on opposite sides over alternate seeds.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="FoA">{{cite web |last1=Maslin |first1=Bruce R. |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=Phillip G. |title=''Acacia adunca'' |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Acacia%20adunca |publisher=Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="www">{{cite web |title=''Acacia adunca'' |url=https://worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/adunca.php |publisher=World Wide Wattle |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp9/acacia-adunca.html|title=Wallangarra Wattle ''Acacia adunca'' A.Cunn. ex G.Don|work=Growing Native Plants|access-date=14 September 2016|year=2016|publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens}}</ref>
[[File:Acacia adunca inflorescences Girraween National Park Wyberba Queensland 1980s IMG 0077 (3).jpg|thumb|right|''Acacia adunca'' foliage and infloescences, Girraween National Park, [[Queensland]].]]
[[File:Acacia adunca inflorescences Girraween National Park Wyberba Queensland 1980s IMG 0077 (3).jpg|thumb|right|''Acacia adunca'' foliage and inflorescences, Girraween National Park, [[Queensland]].]]
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
''Acacia adunca'' was first formally described in 1832 by [[George Don]] in ''A General History of Dichlamydous Plants'' from an unpublished desription by [[Allan Cunningham (botanist)|Allan Cunningham]].<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Acacia adunca'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/461868 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Don">{{cite book |last1=Don |first1=George |title=A General History of Dichlamydous Plants |volume=2 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/62428#page/420/mode/1up |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> The [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''adunca'') means "bent forward" or "hooked".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=128|edition=3rd}}</ref>
''Acacia adunca'' was first formally described in 1832 by [[George Don]] in ''A General History of Dichlamydous Plants'' from an unpublished desription by [[Allan Cunningham (botanist)|Allan Cunningham]].<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Acacia adunca'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/461868 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Don">{{cite book |last1=Don |first1=George |title=A General History of Dichlamydous Plants |volume=2 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/62428#page/420/mode/1up |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> The [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''adunca'') means "bent forward" or "hooked".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=128|edition=3rd}}</ref>

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Wallangarra wattle
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. adunca
Binomial name
Acacia adunca
Synonyms[1]
List
Habit

Acacia adunca, commonly known as Wallangarra wattle or cascade wattle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub or tree with narrowly linear phyllodes, racemes of spherical bright golden flowers, and leathery pods.

Description

Acacia adunca is a bushy shrub or tree that typically grows up to a height of 6 m (20 ft), 3 m (9.8 ft) wide and has thin, dark reddish, glabrous branchlets. It has narrowly linear phyllodes 75–140 mm (3.0–5.5 in) long and 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide and glabrous with one or two glands along the edges. The flowers are arranged in spherical heads along 4 to 11 axillary racemes that are 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) long, the heads on a peduncle 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) in diameter, with 9 to 14 bright yellow flowers. Flowering usually occurs from June to October and the pods are 50–130 mm (2.0–5.1 in) long and 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) wide, raised on opposite sides over alternate seeds.[2][3][4][5]

Acacia adunca foliage and inflorescences, Girraween National Park, Queensland.

Taxonomy

Acacia adunca was first formally described in 1832 by George Don in A General History of Dichlamydous Plants from an unpublished desription by Allan Cunningham.[6][7] The specific epithet (adunca) means "bent forward" or "hooked".[8]

Distribution and habitat

Wallangarra wattle grows in forest, woodland and shrubland at higher altitudes, from the Amiens State Forest near Stanthorpe in south-eastern Queensland to the Bolivia Range in north-eastern New South Wales.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Acacia adunca". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Kodela, Phillip G.; Harden, Gwen J. "Acacia adunca". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia adunca". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Acacia adunca". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Wallangarra Wattle Acacia adunca A.Cunn. ex G.Don". Growing Native Plants. Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Acacia adunca". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ^ Don, George. A General History of Dichlamydous Plants. Vol. 2. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  8. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 128. ISBN 9780958034180.