Acacia umbraculiformis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia umbraculiformis Maslin & Buscumb

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Acacia affin. quadrimarginea (taxonomic synonym)
Acacia sp. Murchison (B.R.Maslin 7331) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Collette_2021 (1), Maslin_2012 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 48 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 105 mm (50-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (50-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.62 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nynyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 7.88 mm (5-10.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
seed_width (numerical): 6.25 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4 m (3-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_2012	11	15	B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Stephens_2021	1	1	R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wenk_2023_2	1	1	E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.