Acacia pinguifolia
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. pinguifolia
Binomial name
Acacia pinguifolia
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[4]

Racosperma pinguifolium (J.M.Black) Pedley

Acacia pinguifolia, commonly known as the Fat-leaved wattle or Fat-leaf wattle, is endemic to South Australia, and is listed as an endangered species.[1] It is in the Plurinerves section of the Acacias.[5]

Distribution and habitat

It is found on the southern Eyre Peninsula and has a disjunct population near Finniss in the south Lofty region. It mainly grows in sandy or hard alkaline soils, in open scrub or woodland.[6]

History

The species was first described in 1947 by the botanist John McConnell Black, from a specimen collected on the Finniss River near Lake Alexandrina, in South Australia.[2][3] The species epithet, pinguifolia, derives from the Latin adjective, pinguis ("fat") and the compounding root, -folius ("-leaved") to give a Botanical Latin adjective which describes the plant as being "fat-leaved".[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia pinguifolia — Fat-leaved Wattle, Fat-leaf Wattle". Species Profile and Threats Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Acacia pinguifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. 1 2 Black, J.M. (1947). "Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No.44". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 71 (1): 20.
  4. ↑ "Acacia pinguifolia J.M.Black | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Acacia pinguifolia (species introduction)". worldwidewattle.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. ↑ B.R. Maslin & R.S. Cowan (2020). "Acacia pinguifolia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 414, 467. ISBN 9780881926279.
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