Acacia binervata
| Two-veined hickory | |
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| Near Carrington Falls in Budderoo N.P. | |
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. binervata
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia binervata | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Acacia binervata, commonly known as two-veined hickory,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a bushy shrub or tree, with narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, creamy yellow flowers arranged in spherical heads in 15 to 25 racemes, and glabrous, thinly crust-like to leathery pods up to 140 mm (5.5 in) long.
Description
[edit]Acacia binervata is bushy shrub that typically reaches 5 m (16 ft) in height or a small tree to 15 m (49 ft), with grey-black or grey-brown bark and glabrous branchlets. Its phyllodes are glabrous, narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic 60–160 mm (2.4–6.3 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide with two prominent veins on each side and a gland 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) above the base of the phyllodes. The flowers are borne in seven to twelve spherical heads on a raceme 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in) long, each head on a pedicel 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long with 15 to 25 pale yellow to more or less white flowers. Flowering occurs between August and November and the pods are thinly crust-like to leathery, 35–140 mm (1.4–5.5 in) long and 9–12 mm (0.35–0.47 in) wide with oblong to elliptic seeds about 5 mm (0.2 in) long with a black, thread-like stalk and a club-shaped aril.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]Acacia binervata was first formally described in 1825 by the botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[6][7] The specific epithet (binervata) means 'two-nerved', referring to the 2 main veins on the phyllodes, although there are often thee to five more or less prominent veins.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Two-veined hickory is found along the east coast of Australia from south east Queensland through much of New South Wales. It is found from around Narooma in southern New South Wales to around Mittagong in the west[2] up to around the Mount Tambourine area in southern Queensland.[4] It grows on moist sites in sandy or basaltic soils as a part of tall sclerophyll forest or on the margins of rainforest communities.[2]
Use in horticulture
[edit]The plant can be grown from seed, though the seed must be scarified prior to planting. It is a hardy and fast growing plant that copes well in damp areas and prefers full sun or part shade positions. It is a dense shade tree or shelter tree or hedge that is frost hardy.[8]
The fungal pathogen Sarcostroma acaciae is found on various species of Acacia including A. binervata in Australia, and causes leaf spots.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Acacia binervata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d P.G. Kodela. "New South Wales Flora Online: Acacia binervata". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ a b Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia binervata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Acacia binervata DC". Wattle – Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Acacia binervata". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Acacia binervata". APNI. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin P.; de Candolle, Augustin P. (1825). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 452. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Acacia binervata Two-veined Hickory". Wattles – Genus Acacia. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Old, Kenneth M.; Lee, Su See; Sharma, Jyoti K., eds. (28 April – 3 May 1996). "Diseases of Tropical Acacias". Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra): 112.