Species profile—Acacia tingoorensis
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Leguminosae → Acacia tingoorensis
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- Scientific name
- Acacia tingoorensis Pedley
- WildNet taxon ID
- 21785
- Alternate name(s)
- Tingoora wattle
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Acacia tingoorensis is a tree with stout, angular branchlets covered in short, dense, spreading hairs. Phyllodes (enlarged part of the leaf stalk taking the form of a leaf) are narrowly elliptic, straight or sickle-shaped and 9-19cm long by 13-44mm wide. The phyllodes are usually largest on juvenile plants and hairy near the base. Golden flowers are produced on spike-like heads 5-7cm long.
A. tingoorensis is one of a taxonomically 'difficult' group of species and until recently was treated as a subspecies of A. longispicata, distinguished by its dense erect velvety (not appressed) hairs on the branchlets, leaf stalk base and stalk of the spikes. Pods and seeds may provide additional differences but pods of A. tingoorensis are unknown. (Maslin et al. 2001; World Wide Wattle 2006) - Map
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- Distribution
- Acacia tingoorensis is found near Kingaroy, in the Burnett district of south-eastern Queensland. It is also known from the Ingham area in north-eastern Queensland. (Maslin et al. 2001; Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -18.5784619, 145.3397311
-26.3742184, 151.8008639 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Acacia tingoorensis grows in eucalypt woodland or forest, on deep red loam, shallow loamy or sandy soils. (Maslin et al. 2001)
- Reproduction
- Acacia tingoorensis flowers in August and September. (World Wide Wattle 2006)
- Notes
- Contributors: Ailsa Holland, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009
- References
- Herbrecs (2008) Acacia tingoorensis, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 22/09/2008.
Maslin, B.R., et al. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (Ed) (2001), as A. longispicata subsp. velutina. Flora of Australia 11B: 166.
World Wide Wattle (2006). Acacia tingoorensis, in World Wide Wattle online. Accessed 22/09/2008. http://www.worldwidewattle.com/ - Profile author
- Ailsa Holland (27/01/2009)
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=21785.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
