Acacia gonoclada
| Ganambureng | |
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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. gonoclada
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| Acacia gonoclada | |
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Acacia gonoclada, also known as ganambureng,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with smooth bark, erect, narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of bright yellow flowers and clustered of linear pods, slightly constricted between the seeds.
Description
Acacia gonoclada is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft) and has smooth red-brown or grey bark. Its branchlets are olive green or brown, its four angles raised and yellowish. The phyllodes are narrowly elliptic or lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, flat, 50–135 mm (2.0–5.3 in) long and 8–33 mm (0.31–1.30 in) wide, narrowed and curved upwards near the base. There are two or three conspicuous main veins and a prominent gland near the base of the phyllodes. The flowers are bright yellow and arranged in one or two spikes or in panicles 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to July, and the pods are clustered in upper axils, linear and flat, 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) long, thin, glabrous and sticky, slightly constricted between the seeds. The seeds are oblong or broadly elliptic, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and black.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Acacia gonoclada was first formally described in 1859 by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany.[6][7] The specific epithet (gonoclada) means 'an angle branch or shoot'.[8]
Distribution
Ganambureng is widespread north of 21°S in Australia. It is found in the Central Kimberley bioregion of Western Australia, the north of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland, usually in shallow sandy soils, although on more loamy soils south of Charters Towers.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Acacia gonoclada". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ a b c "Acacia gonoclada". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ Tindale, Mary D.; Kodela, Phillip G. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia gonoclada". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "Acacia gonoclada". Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "Acacia gonoclada". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "Acacia gonoclada". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). "Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. 3: 140–141. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ George, Alex S.; Sharr, Francis A. (2023). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings - A Glossary (fifth ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables Press. p. 213. ISBN 9780645629538.