Acacia kenneallyi is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to north western Australia.
| Acacia kenneallyi | |
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| Isotype K000821285[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. kenneallyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia kenneallyi | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Description
editThe spindly shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 7 metres (7 to 23 ft)[2] and has terete and glabrous branchlets that are often covered in a fine white powdery coating. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous, leathery and evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly elongate-elliptic to linear shape and are straight to slightly curved with a length of 15 to 25 cm (5.9 to 9.8 in) and a width of 6 to 14 mm (0.24 to 0.55 in) and have one prominent central nerve, with a second weaker longitudinal nerve occasionally present.[3] It blooms from May to June and produces yellow flowers.[2] The axillary or terminal inflorescences have spherical flower-heads with a diameter of about 5 mm (0.20 in) and contain 46 to 56 densely packed golden coloured flowers. The leathery to sub-woody seed pods that form after flowering have a linear shape and are flat and straight with a length of up to around 11 cm (4.3 in) and a width of 10 to 11 mm (0.39 to 0.43 in).[3]
Taxonomy
editThe species is closely related to Acacia spectra and Acacia latescens as well as Acacia orthotropica to which it is superficially dissimilar.[3]
Distribution
editIt is native to an area in the Kimberely, region of Western Australia where it is commonly situated in areas of sandstone or dolerite growing in skeletal sandy soils.[2] It is mostly found on the Bonaparte Archipelago and parts of the nearby mainland and also off-shore including on Heywood Island and Bigge Island as a part of Eucalyptus woodland communities.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Acacia kenneallyi R.S.Cowan & Maslin". GBIF.
- ^ a b c "Acacia kenneallyi". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c d "Acacia kenneallyi R.S.Cowan & Maslin". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 30 November 2020.