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Acacia polystachya

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and chartaceous phyllodes are 7.5 to 25 cm (3.0 to 9.8 in) in length and 10 to 32 mm (0.39 to 1.26 in) and have two to three prominent nerves. It blooms between April and July producing yellow flowers. The flower-spikes are 3.5 to 7.5 cm (1.4 to 3.0 in) in length and are
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that form after flowering have a linear shape and are straight-sided to slightly and often constricted between seeds and covered in a powdery white coating. The glabrous pods can be strongly curved and irregularly twisted with a length of 8.3 to 13 cm (3.3 to 5.1 in) and 6 to 10 mm
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The tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 25 m (9.8 to 82.0 ft) and has dark brown to grey coloured bark that is smooth of corrugated. It has smooth to pustular, flattened or angular branchlets that are grey, brown or purplish in colour. Like most species of
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rather than true leaves. The narrowly elliptic phyllodes are sometimes asymmetrical and stright to sickle shaped. The
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in areas along the east coast. The northern range of the tree extends as far north as Banks Island in the
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loosely arranged with bands of pale yellow flowers. The thinly coriaceous blackish
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The species was first formally described by the botanist
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It was reclassified by 212: 203: 182: 175: 32:Scientific classification 30: 23: 753:Plants described in 1842 294:London Journal of Botany 302:Racosperma polystachyum 286:William Jackson Hooker 213:Occurrence data from 334:Cape York Peninsula 326:northern Queensland 284:in 1842 as part of 168:A. polystachya 572:Acacia polystachya 520:Acacia_polystachya 493:Acacia polystachya 463:Acacia polystachya 422:Acacia polystachya 389:Acacia polystachya 224:Acacia polystachya 186:Acacia polystachya 25:Acacia polystachya 725: 724: 658:Open Tree of Life 455:Taxon identifiers 424:A.Cunn. ex Benth" 292:published in the 233:and the subgenus 220: 219: 16:Species of legume 760: 718: 717: 705: 704: 692: 691: 679: 678: 666: 665: 653: 652: 640: 639: 627: 626: 614: 613: 601: 600: 588: 587: 575: 574: 562: 561: 549: 548: 536: 535: 523: 522: 510: 509: 497: 496: 495: 482: 481: 480: 450: 443: 442: 440: 438: 416: 410: 409: 407: 405: 383: 320:to the parts of 282:Allan Cunningham 272:surrounding it. 208: 188: 131:Caesalpinioideae 40: 39: 21: 768: 767: 763: 762: 761: 759: 758: 757: 728: 727: 726: 721: 713: 708: 700: 695: 687: 682: 674: 669: 661: 656: 648: 643: 635: 630: 622: 617: 609: 604: 596: 591: 583: 578: 570: 565: 557: 552: 544: 539: 531: 526: 518: 513: 505: 500: 491: 490: 485: 476: 475: 470: 457: 447: 446: 436: 434: 418: 417: 413: 403: 401: 395:WorldWideWattle 385: 384: 375: 370: 354: 314: 278: 247: 199: 190: 184: 171: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 766: 764: 756: 755: 750: 745: 740: 730: 729: 723: 722: 720: 719: 715:wfo-0000186350 706: 693: 680: 667: 654: 641: 628: 615: 602: 589: 576: 563: 550: 537: 524: 511: 498: 483: 467: 465: 459: 458: 453: 445: 444: 411: 372: 371: 369: 366: 365: 364: 353: 350: 313: 310: 277: 274: 246: 243: 218: 217: 210: 209: 201: 200: 191: 180: 179: 173: 172: 165: 163: 159: 158: 151: 147: 146: 144:Mimosoid clade 141: 134: 133: 128: 124: 123: 118: 114: 113: 108: 104: 103: 98: 91: 90: 85: 78: 77: 72: 65: 64: 59: 52: 51: 46: 42: 41: 28: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 765: 754: 751: 749: 746: 744: 741: 739: 736: 735: 733: 716: 711: 707: 703: 698: 694: 690: 685: 681: 677: 672: 668: 664: 659: 655: 651: 646: 642: 638: 633: 629: 625: 620: 616: 612: 607: 603: 599: 594: 590: 586: 581: 577: 573: 568: 564: 560: 555: 551: 547: 542: 538: 534: 529: 525: 521: 516: 512: 508: 503: 499: 494: 488: 484: 479: 473: 469: 468: 466: 464: 460: 456: 451: 433: 429: 425: 423: 415: 412: 400: 396: 392: 390: 382: 380: 378: 374: 367: 363: 361: 356: 355: 351: 349: 347: 343: 339: 335: 331: 330:Torres Strait 327: 323: 319: 311: 309: 307: 303: 299: 298:Leslie Pedley 295: 291: 287: 283: 275: 273: 271: 266: 261: 257: 253: 244: 242: 240: 236: 232: 231: 226: 225: 216: 211: 207: 202: 198: 194: 189: 187: 181: 178: 177:Binomial name 174: 170: 169: 164: 161: 160: 157: 156: 152: 149: 148: 145: 142: 139: 136: 135: 132: 129: 126: 125: 122: 119: 116: 115: 112: 109: 106: 105: 102: 99: 96: 93: 92: 89: 86: 83: 80: 79: 76: 73: 70: 67: 66: 63: 62:Tracheophytes 60: 57: 54: 53: 50: 47: 44: 43: 38: 33: 29: 26: 22: 19: 462: 435:. 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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoid clade
Acacia
Binomial name
A.Cunn.
Benth.

AVH
Acacia
Australia
phyllodes
glabrous
seed pods
funicle
Allan Cunningham
William Jackson Hooker
Leslie Pedley
endemic
far north
northern Queensland
Torres Strait

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