Biology:Acacia whitei

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Short description: Species of legume

Acacia whitei
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. whitei
Binomial name
Acacia whitei
Maiden[1][2]
Acacia whiteiDistMap958.png
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Racosperma whitei (Maiden) Pedley

Acacia whitei is a species of wattle native to north Queensland.[3]

Taxonomy & naming

A. whitei was first described by Joseph Maiden in 1918.[1][2] The specific epithet, whitei, was given to honour the botanist Cyril Tenison White, who communicated the type specimen (from Stannary Hills) to Maiden.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Acacia whitei". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/71920. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Maiden, J.H. (1918). "The tropical Acacias of Queensland". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 30: 35–37, pl. II, figs 1–7. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13901267. 
  3. "Factsheet - Acacia whitei". https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/entities/acacia_whitei.htm. 

Wikidata ☰ Q9570426 entry