Acacia maconochieana

Species of legume

Mullan wattle

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Subfamily:  | Caesalpinioideae
Clade:  | Mimosoid clade
Genus:  | Acacia
Species:  |

A. maconochieana

Binomial name
Acacia maconochieana

Pedley

Acacia maconochieana, also known as Mullan wattle,[1] is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an arid area of central Australia.

## Description

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The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 2.5 to 12 metres (8 to 39 ft)[2] and has longitudinally fissured, grey coloured bark and densely haired branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The hairy, evergreen phyllodes have a linear shape with a length of 8 to 18 cm (3.1 to 7.1 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with many fine and closely parallel nerves.[1] It blooms in October and produces yellow flowers.[2]

## Taxonomy

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The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1986 as a part of the work Acacia maconochieana (Mimosaceae), a new species from semi-arid Australia as described in the journal Austrobaileya. It was reclassified by Pedley as Racosperma maconochieanum in 2003 then returned to genus Acacia in 2006.[3]

## Distribution

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It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia and is commonly situated along the margins of lakes that are periodically flooded growing in sandy or loamy soils.[2] The range of the plant extends from around Gregory Salt Lake in the west through to around Nongra Lake in the Tanami Desert in the east where it is usually a part of low open forest or woodland or open scrubland communities.[1]

## Aboriginal names

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The Walmajarri people of the Paruku IPA in the Kimberley call this wattle Wirimangurru.[4] Other Aboriginal names are:Jaru: gunanduru, wirrimangurru and Ngarinyman: Gunadurr.[5]

## See also

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* List of Acacia species

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Acacia maconochieana". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
2. ^ a b c "Acacia maconochieana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. ^ "Acacia maconochieana Pedley". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
4. ^ Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 1–242\. Wikidata Q106088428.
5. ^ "NT Flora: Acacia Maconochieana". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Acacia maconochieana|

* Wikidata: Q15287697
* Wikispecies: Acacia maconochieana
* APNI: 66516
* CoL: 8PLM
* Ecocrop: 2652
* EoL: 660882
* FloraBase: 3433
* FoAO2: Acacia maconochieana
* GBIF: 2981084
* GRIN: 435513
* IPNI: 930692-1
* IRMNG: 10173669
* IUCN: 193988041
* NCBI: 1174843
* NTFlora: 3489
* Open Tree of Life: 3917573
* Plant List: ild-48728
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930692-1
* Tropicos: 50247640
* WFO: wfo-0000202372