Acacia karina
| Acacia karina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. karina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia karina | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia karina is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to a small area in the Mid West and Goldfields regions of Western Australia.[2]
The straggly, woody shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft).
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was described by Bruce Maslin and Carrie Buscumb and published in 2007.[1] The specific epithet commemorates Karina Knight, who held a thirty-year career manager of the Western Australian Herbarium and has contributed to the systematics of the acacia genus. A vernacular name for the species given by the authors is Karina's acacia.[3] The holotype was obtained at a location east of Morawa in 2006, the precise location being suppressed for conservation purposes.[1]
Description
[edit]A species of Acacia, growing as a woody shrub that is straggly in habit. Associated with banded iron formation, the species is found on rocky inclines growing in silty red-brown clay containing pebbles of ironstone or shale. The phyllodes of Acacia karina exhibit hairs closely pressed to the nerve of its structure.[2]
Identified from material obtained near Morawa, the known distribution range is the Yalgoo and Perenjori districts of the Eremaean Province in Western Australia.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Maslin, B.; Buscombe, C. (2007). "Two new Acacia species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from banded ironstone ranges in the Midwest region of south-west Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17: 264–267.
- ^ a b c "Acacia karina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Thiele, K. (July 2019). "Karina Knight's red boxes". www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au. Taxonomy Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2019.