[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":168},["ShallowReactive",2],{"flora-15-en":3},{"release_id":4,"flora_id":5,"display_name":6,"scientific_name":6,"document":7},"thrive-v1-9d751b6f6d1787853e7f8e31",15,"Acacia rostellifera",{"schema_version":8,"language":9,"id":5,"taxonomy":10,"display_name":6,"family_display":12,"genus_display":13,"description":14,"tolerance_evidence":96,"database_records":112,"sources":128},"flora-language-separated-v0.3","en",{"original_scientific_name":6,"accepted_name":11,"family":12,"genus":13},"Acacia rostellifera Benth.","Fabaceae","Acacia",{"summary":15,"sections":16},"Acacia rostellifera is a shrub of coastal dunes and scrub in Western Australia. In a short pot experiment, seedling biomass declined under stepwise NaCl exposure up to 300 mM, and the authors ranked the species as sensitive.",[17,29,43,51,64,72,80,88],{"id":18,"title":19,"paragraphs":20},"s01","Overview",[21],{"id":22,"text":23,"source_ids":24,"claim_type":28},"s01-p01","Acacia rostellifera is a shrub of coastal dunes and scrub in Western Australia. In Joseph et al.’s seedling experiment, growth and biomass declined as NaCl was raised stepwise to 300 mM, and the species received a sensitive ranking.",[25,26,27],"S1","S2","S5","project_synthesis",{"id":30,"title":31,"paragraphs":32},"s02","Names and classification",[33,39],{"id":34,"text":35,"source_ids":36,"claim_type":38},"s02-p01","The accepted name is Acacia rostellifera Benth.; Joseph et al. listed the tested material under this name in their 15-species Acacia screen.",[25,26,37],"S6","source_fact",{"id":40,"text":41,"source_ids":42,"claim_type":28},"s02-p02","The experiment used seedlings from the reported seed source, and its conclusions concern that material and treatment.",[26],{"id":44,"title":45,"paragraphs":46},"s03","Morphology and identification",[47],{"id":48,"text":49,"source_ids":50,"claim_type":38},"s03-p01","A Western Australian shrub with the phyllodes and yellow flower heads typical of Acacia, growing on coastal dunes and their lee slopes. Reliable identification requires voucher characters such as mature phyllodes and pods; the abstract linked from the database does not provide enough morphological information to confirm the experimental material.",[25,27],{"id":52,"title":53,"paragraphs":54},"s04","Distribution, habitat and phenology",[55,59],{"id":56,"text":57,"source_ids":58,"claim_type":38},"s04-p01","An Australian Wattle\u002FFlora-derived account and a government coastal survey associate the species with dunes and their landward slopes. No verified evidence here places it in salt marsh, salt lake, or soil with measured saline root-zone conditions. Exposure to sea spray, if present, is not equivalent to root-zone salinity.",[25,27,37],{"id":60,"text":61,"source_ids":62,"claim_type":63},"s04-p02","Available regional records do not establish a consistent flowering or fruiting season; an observation from one locality or cultivated material does not define phenology across the range.",[37],"evidence_gap",{"id":65,"title":66,"paragraphs":67},"s05","Salinity in natural habitats",[68],{"id":69,"text":70,"source_ids":71,"claim_type":28},"s05-p01","Reported field habitats are chiefly coastal dunes, leeward slopes and scrub; the available sources do not report root-zone soil salinity for these populations.",[25,27],{"id":73,"title":74,"paragraphs":75},"s06","Salinity studies",[76],{"id":77,"text":78,"source_ids":79,"claim_type":38},"s06-p01","Seeds were obtained from AustraHort and Nindethana Seed Services in Australia. Seedlings were transplanted to vermiculite:perlite (3:2) and grown for eight weeks before receiving NaCl in Hoagland solution, increased by 50 mM every other day to 300 mM; plants were harvested 48 h after reaching the final concentration, after 13 days of salt exposure. At 300 mM, shoot fresh mass fell from 3.75±0.40 to 1.29±0.75 g and dry mass from 0.86±0.07 to 0.30±0.17 g; root fresh mass fell from 1.55±0.10 to 0.41±0.28 g and dry mass from 0.40±0.07 to 0.11±0.04 g (means±SEM; n=3). Based on combined shoot and root measures, the authors reported fresh- and dry-mass tolerance indices of 0.3 and ranked the species 4 (sensitive).",[26],{"id":81,"title":82,"paragraphs":83},"s07","Reported mechanisms and ecological adaptations",[84],{"id":85,"text":86,"source_ids":87,"claim_type":28},"s07-p01","At 300 mM NaCl, the shoot K⁺\u002FNa⁺ ratio fell from 4.19 to 0.96 and the root ratio from 44.23 to 0.48; Na⁺ content increased in both tissues. The authors noted marked interspecific differences in ion responses and called for further study of ion partitioning under longer exposure.",[26],{"id":89,"title":90,"paragraphs":91},"s08","Conclusions and evidence gaps",[92],{"id":93,"text":94,"source_ids":95,"claim_type":28},"s08-p01","In this short seedling experiment, A. rostellifera was ranked sensitive after stepwise exposure to 300 mM NaCl; its combined fresh- and dry-mass indices were both 0.3. This result applies to the tested treatment. Longer trials with multiple provenances are needed to assess source variation and field performance.",[26],[97],{"id":98,"source_ids":99,"description":101},"M01",[26,100],"S4",{"evidence_type":102,"material":103,"salt_metric":104,"value_and_unit":105,"medium_and_exposure":106,"life_stage":107,"duration":108,"endpoint":109,"result":110,"limitations":111},"Seedling growth and ion response under NaCl treatment","Seedlings raised from seed supplied by AustraHort Pty Ltd and Nindethana Seed Services in Australia; the paper does not map the suppliers to the species-specific material.","NaCl concentration in Hoagland nutrient solution","Increased by 50 mM every other day to 300 mM NaCl","Seedlings transplanted to vermiculite:perlite (3:2) and grown for eight weeks received NaCl in Hoagland solution; controls received Hoagland solution alone.","Seedlings","13 days of exposure starting at 50 mM; harvested 48 h after reaching 300 mM.","Shoot and root length, fresh mass, dry mass, relative water content, and Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ contents.","At 300 mM, shoot fresh mass fell from 3.75±0.40 to 1.29±0.75 g and dry mass from 0.86±0.07 to 0.30±0.17 g; root fresh mass fell from 1.55±0.10 to 0.41±0.28 g and dry mass from 0.40±0.07 to 0.11±0.04 g (means±SEM; n=3). Combined shoot and root fresh- and dry-mass indices were both 0.3; the authors ranked the species 4 (sensitive).","This was a short seedling pot trial with stepwise salt addition and three biological replicates; the methods state that three plants of each species were grown in one pot, without clarifying pot-level replication. The species-specific seed provenance was not reported, and no long-term or field validation was conducted.",[113,120],{"name_original":114,"display_name":115,"record_id":116,"verification_level":117,"support_scope":118,"source_ids":119},"ehaloph","eHALOPH","14334","archived_synthesis","The eHALOPH max_salinity field lists 300 mM and links Joseph et al. (2015). That study treated seedlings grown in pots for eight weeks after transplanting, raising NaCl gradually from 50 to 300 mM and harvesting 48 h after the final concentration was applied. The total interval from the first 50 mM treatment to harvest was 13 d; results concern this short seedling-stage treatment. The database field itself does not give these methods or species-specific responses.",[100],{"name_original":121,"display_name":122,"record_id":123,"verification_level":124,"support_scope":125,"source_ids":126},"floraveg","FloraVeg.EU","baseline row 15","local_original","The European FloraVeg.EU record has no taxon match for Acacia rostellifera and provides no usable saline-habitat association. Its regional coverage does not include the species’ native range in Australia; an unmatched record does not imply a global absence of saline habitat.",[127],"S7",[129,135,141,146,151,156,163],{"id":25,"citation_original":130,"url":131,"additional_urls":132,"source_kind":133,"verification_level":117,"checked_at":134},"WorldWideWattle \u002F Flora of Australia-derived fact sheet: Acacia rostellifera","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.lucidcentral.org\u002Fwattle\u002Ftext\u002Fentities\u002Facacia_rostellifera.htm",[],"authoritative_flora","2026-09-29",{"id":26,"citation_original":136,"url":137,"additional_urls":138,"source_kind":139,"verification_level":124,"checked_at":140},"Joseph, S., D.J. Murphy & M. Bhave. 2015. Identification of salt tolerant Acacia species for saline land utilisation. Biologia 70(2):174–182. 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Functional Plant Biology 39","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fs.usda.gov\u002Frm\u002Fpubs_other\u002Frmrs_2010_pendleton_r001.pdf",[],{"id":100,"citation_original":147,"url":148,"additional_urls":149,"source_kind":150,"verification_level":117,"checked_at":134},"eHALOPH species record 14334","https:\u002F\u002Fehaloph.uc.pt\u002Fshowplant\u002F14334",[],"database",{"id":27,"citation_original":152,"url":153,"additional_urls":154,"source_kind":155,"verification_level":117,"checked_at":134},"Western Australian government coastal flora\u002Fvegetation survey, Acacia rostellifera community records","https:\u002F\u002Flibrary.dbca.wa.gov.au\u002FFullTextFiles\u002F000014.pdf",[],"primary_field",{"id":37,"citation_original":157,"url":158,"additional_urls":159,"source_kind":160,"verification_level":161,"checked_at":162},"Plants of the World Online (POWO), Kew Science. Acacia rostellifera Benth.","https:\u002F\u002Fpowo.science.kew.org\u002Ftaxon\u002Furn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471347-1",[],"taxonomic_authority","authority_record","2026-10-02",{"id":127,"citation_original":164,"url":165,"additional_urls":166,"source_kind":150,"verification_level":124,"checked_at":162},"FloraVeg.EU \u002F Chytrý et al. (2020), EUNIS-ESy characteristic-species combinations, version 2021-06-01. DOI:10.5281\u002Fzenodo.4812736.","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.ibot.cas.cz\u002Fcevs\u002Fdownloads\u002Ffloraveg\u002FCharacteristic-species-combinations-EUNIS-habitats-2021-06-01.xlsx",[167],"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5281\u002Fzenodo.4812736",1792838238108]