Acacia mucronata Willd. ex H.L.Wendl

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Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Acacia

Synonyms

Acacia longifolia var. mucronata (Willd. ex H.W.Wendl.) F.Muell.

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

variety: (var.) Taxonomic rank (varietas) grouping variants of a species with relatively minor differentiation in a few characters but occurring as recognisable populations. Often loosely used for rare minor variants more usefully ranked as forms.

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'Acacia mucronata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/acacia/acacia-mucronata/). Accessed 2025-04-29.

Elegant foliage on Acacia mucronata at Merrigum, The Netherlands (26 September 2020). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Editorial Note

Bean treated this species as a variety of Acacia longifolia.

This is best considered as an independent species, although it is closely allied to A. longifolia, and has been considered a variety of it. It is widespread in Tasmania and is also found on the mainland in Victoria. Typically, this species has very narrow phyllodes, to about {1/5} in. wide at the most, with three to five rather prominent nerves; but in foliage characters it is very variable. Bot. Mag., t. 2747.

[From the Supplement (Vol. V)]

This species is hardier than the related A. longifolia. Indeed, Messrs Hillier consider it to be the hardiest of the genus.

Narrow linear to oblanceolate phyllodes on Acacia mucronata (Merrigum, The Netherlands – 26 September 2021). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Slender phyllodes, puberulent at first, on Acacia mucronata (Merrigum, The Netherlands – 26 September 2021). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Puberulent, ribbed branchlet and phyllode with up to 7 longitudinal veins on Acacia mucronata (Merrigum, The Netherlands – 26 September 2021). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

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