{ "release_id": "thrive-v1-9d751b6f6d1787853e7f8e31", "flora_id": 13, "display_name": "Acacia lineolata", "scientific_name": "Acacia lineolata", "document": { "schema_version": "flora-language-separated-v0.3", "language": "en", "id": 13, "taxonomy": { "original_scientific_name": "Acacia lineolata", "accepted_name": "Acacia lineolata Benth.", "family": "Fabaceae", "genus": "Acacia" }, "display_name": "Acacia lineolata", "family_display": "Fabaceae", "genus_display": "Acacia", "description": { "summary": "The natural salt-soil evidence for Acacia lineolata applies specifically to the Western Australian subspecies subsp. lineolata. The salt-trial database entry concerns A. aff. lineolata, whose identity is unresolved; the two records are not merged as evidence from the same taxon.", "sections": [ { "id": "s01", "title": "Overview", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s01-p01", "text": "The natural salt-soil evidence for Acacia lineolata applies specifically to the Western Australian subspecies subsp. lineolata. The salt-trial database entry concerns A. aff. lineolata, whose identity is unresolved; the two records are not merged as evidence from the same taxon.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S4", "S2", "S3" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s02", "title": "Names and classification", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s02-p01", "text": "Acacia lineolata Benth. is the accepted name in Fabaceae, genus Acacia. The natural salt-soil account concerns A. lineolata subsp. lineolata in southwestern Western Australia. Craig et al. used A. aff. lineolata, whose identity as this species or subspecies is unconfirmed.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S4", "S5", "S2" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" }, { "id": "s02-p02", "text": "The saline-habitat records concern an identified subspecies, whereas the salt-treatment material is A. aff. lineolata with unresolved identity; the records concern different taxonomic scopes.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S4", "S5", "S2" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s03", "title": "Morphology and identification", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s03-p01", "text": "A shrub of southwestern Australia with flattened adult phyllodes, yellow globose flower heads and pods; the Australian flora describes diagnostic features and distribution of subsp. lineolata. The qualifier aff. in the experimental material name denotes unresolved identity, so its morphology is not confirmed to represent this species.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S4", "S2" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" } ] }, { "id": "s04", "title": "Distribution, habitat and phenology", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s04-p01", "text": "The Flora-derived Wattle account describes subsp. lineolata on sandy or gravelly, commonly saline loams, with Casuarina, Halosarcia, and eucalypts. This is a natural salt-soil association for that subspecies, not an ecological description generalized to every infraspecific taxon.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S4", "S5" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" }, { "id": "s04-p02", "text": "The reviewed material did not provide a consistent, well-supported flowering or fruiting season; a single regional or cultivated observation is not generalized.", "source_ids": [ "S5" ], "claim_type": "evidence_gap" } ] }, { "id": "s05", "title": "Salinity in natural habitats", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s05-p01", "text": "The natural salt-soil record is specific to the Western Australian subsp. lineolata.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s06", "title": "Salinity studies", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s06-p01", "text": "Craig et al. (1990) studied approximately 3-month-old nodulated Acacia plants in a greenhouse. NaCl, MgSO₄ and CaCl₂ were mixed in a 16:3:1 molar ratio and salinity was increased weekly; the drained saline treatment reached 1,200 mM mixed salts, while the saline-waterlogging treatment reached 500 mM. The drained saline treatment lasted 12 weeks, with 100% survival of A. aff. lineolata. The paper reports final irrigation-water ECw of 9500 mS/m (95 dS/m); eHALOPH transcribes 9.5 dS/m, a 10-fold discrepancy. The material was identified only as A. aff. lineolata and is not confirmed as this species; survival does not establish sustained growth.", "source_ids": [ "S3", "S2" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" } ] }, { "id": "s07", "title": "Reported mechanisms and ecological adaptations", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s07-p01", "text": "Because the tested material is identified as A. aff. lineolata, the database record does not establish a salt-response mechanism for confirmed A. lineolata material.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S2", "S3", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s08", "title": "Conclusions and evidence gaps", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s08-p01", "text": "The natural salt-soil record concerns Western Australian subsp. lineolata, whereas the experimental material was A. aff. lineolata of unresolved identity. Craig et al. measured height increments in the experimental material and reported its survival at the end of the drained saline treatment. These results do not establish long-term growth or reproduction of confirmed A. lineolata at the final ECw of 9500 mS/m. The paper’s ECw of 9500 mS/m conflicts with eHALOPH’s 9.5 dS/m.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S2", "S3", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] } ] }, "tolerance_evidence": [ { "id": "M01", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S3" ], "description": { "evidence_type": "eHALOPH species-level salinity field linked to provisionally identified A. aff. lineolata", "material": "A. aff. lineolata; identity as A. lineolata or its subspecies is unconfirmed", "salt_metric": "Mixed salts NaCl:MgSO₄:CaCl₂ at a 16:3:1 molar ratio; the paper reports final irrigation-water ECw", "value_and_unit": "eHALOPH: 9.5 dS/m; Craig et al.: ECw 9500 mS/m (95 dS/m), a 10-fold discrepancy", "medium_and_exposure": "Greenhouse trial with approximately 3-month-old nodulated Acacia plants; saline irrigation was stepped weekly, up to 1200 mM mixed salts in the drained treatment and 500 mM in the salt/waterlogging treatment", "life_stage": "Approximately 3-month-old nodulated seedlings", "duration": "12 weeks in the drained saline treatment", "endpoint": "Survival and growth; survival is the reported endpoint for this material", "result": "A. aff. lineolata had 100% survival after the reported saline treatment; the paper gives final irrigation-water ECw as 9500 mS/m. The provisional identification does not confirm that it is A. lineolata or one of its subspecies.", "limitations": "Material was identified only as A. aff. lineolata, not confirmed as this species. Salinity was a mixed salt, not a single-NaCl treatment. eHALOPH’s 9.5 dS/m differs 10-fold from the paper’s ECw of 9500 mS/m; survival does not establish sustained growth." } } ], "database_records": [ { "name_original": "ehaloph", "display_name": "eHALOPH", "record_id": "12000", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "support_scope": "Species-level eHALOPH record with maximum salinity 9.5 dS/m and Craig et al. (1990) as its only linked citation. Craig's source names A. aff. lineolata rather than confirmed A. lineolata, and reports final ECw 9500 mS/m, inconsistent with the database value. Both the identification and units are unresolved; the field cannot establish a species-specific NaCl dose–growth relationship or growth ceiling.", "source_ids": [ "S3", "S2" ] }, { "name_original": "floraveg", "display_name": "FloraVeg.EU", "record_id": "baseline row 13", "verification_level": "local_original", "support_scope": "The local-name search produced no FloraVeg match and no saline/brackish EUNIS association. Western Australian salt-soil records are outside this database's regional coverage, so the unmatched row is not counter-evidence.", "source_ids": [ "S6" ] } ], "sources": [ { "id": "S1", "citation_original": "Cowan, R.S. Flora-derived WorldWideWattle fact sheet: Acacia lineolata subsp. lineolata", "url": "https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/entities/acacia_lineolata_subsp._lineolata.htm", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "authoritative_flora", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "checked_at": "2026-09-29" }, { "id": "S2", "citation_original": "Craig, G.F., D.T. Bell & C.A. Atkins. 1990. Response to salt and waterlogging stress of 10 taxa of Acacia selected from naturally saline areas of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 38(6):619–630", "url": "https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9900619", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "primary_experiment", "verification_level": "local_original", "checked_at": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "S3", "citation_original": "eHALOPH species record 12000", "url": "https://ehaloph.uc.pt/showplant/12000", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "database", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "checked_at": "2026-09-29" }, { "id": "S4", "citation_original": "Flora of Australia, Acacia lineolata species/subspecies treatment", "url": "https://www.dcceew.gov.au/science-research/abrs/publications/flora-of-australia", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "authoritative_flora", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "checked_at": "2026-09-29" }, { "id": "S5", "citation_original": "Plants of the World Online (POWO), Kew Science. Acacia lineolata Benth.", "url": "https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470771-1", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "taxonomic_authority", "verification_level": "authority_record", "checked_at": "2026-10-02" }, { "id": "S6", "citation_original": "FloraVeg.EU / Chytrý et al. (2020), EUNIS-ESy characteristic-species combinations, version 2021-06-01. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4812736.", "url": "https://files.ibot.cas.cz/cevs/downloads/floraveg/Characteristic-species-combinations-EUNIS-habitats-2021-06-01.xlsx", "additional_urls": [ "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736" ], "source_kind": "database", "verification_level": "local_original", "checked_at": "2026-10-02" } ] } }