Stenocarpus acacioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is a shrub or tree with elliptic leaves and groups of white flowers and woody, linear follicles.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Stenocarpus |
| Species: | S. acacioides
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Description
editStenocarpus acacioides is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 1.3–4 m (4 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in), sometimes to 12 m (39 ft), and is glabrous apart from woolly, rust-coloured hairs on new flower buds. The adult leaves are elliptic, 45–115 mm (1.8–4.5 in) long and 7–30 mm (0.28–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long. Juvenile leaves are egg-shaped, longer and wider than adult leaves. The flower groups are arranged in leaf axils, either singly, in pairs or threes, the groups with 19 to 22 flowers on a peduncle 7–35 mm (0.28–1.38 in) long. Each flower in the group is white, on a pedicel 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long. Flowering occurs from April to October and the fruit is a woody, linear follicle 55–150 mm (2.2–5.9 in) long, containing winged seeds about 9 mm (0.35 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editStenocarpus acacioides was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the Roper River.[4][5] The specific epithet (acacioides) means "Acacia-like".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editThis species usually grows in woodland and occurs from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to the northern parts of the Northern Territory.[2][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Stenocarpus acacioides". APNI. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ a b Foreman, Donald B. "Stenocarpus acacioides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Stenocarpus acacioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Stenocarpus acacioides". APNI. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 135. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Stenocarpus acacioides". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 11 September 2021.