Acacia leucolobia is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia.

Description

Acacia leucolobia typically grows as a shrub to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) and has a spreading habit. It has patent to reflexed phyllodes that have a narrowly oblong-elliptic to lanceolate shape.

Distribution

It is native to an area of New South Wales from around Coolah in the north down to around Katoomba in the south and from around Bowral to Wingello as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities.[4]

Taxonomy and naming

It was first described in 1830 by Robert Sweet.[1][2] The specific epithet, leucolobia, is an adjective describing the plant as "white-podded".[5][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Acacia leucolobia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b c Sweet, R. (1830) Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 2: 165
  3. ^ "Acacia leucolobia Sweet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  4. ^ "Acacia leucolobia". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. ^ Sweet, R. (1839) Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn 3: 198
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