Biology:Acacia didyma

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Short description: Species of legume

Acacia didyma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. didyma
Binomial name
Acacia didyma
A.R.Chapm. & Maslin.[fn 1]
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Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia didyma is a shrub or small tree which is native to Western Australia. It grows to between 1.5 metres and 4 metres in height and flowers from August to October (late winter to mid spring) in its native range.[1]

Description

It occurs on East Wallabi Island in the Houtman Abrolhos as well as scattered locations near Shark Bay including Dirk Hartog Island and Carrarang and Tamala Stations[2]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described in 1992 in the journal Nuytsia by Alex Chapman[3] and Bruce Maslin,[4] based on plant material collected at Shark Bay.[5]

See also

Footnotes

  1. The standard author abbreviations for Alexander Robert Chapman and Bruce Roger Maslin

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4670925 entry