Acacia alexandri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Clade: | Mimosoideae |
Genus: | Acacia |
Species: | A. alexandri |
Binomial name | |
Acacia alexandri | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
Acacia alexandri is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to north western Australia.
The open and wispy shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 3 metres (5 to 10 ft). [1] It has slender branchlets with spinose stipules that are 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) that are not common on mature plants. The linear evergreen phyllodes have a length of 6 to 13 cm (2.4 to 5.1 in) and a width of 2.5 to 6 mm (0.098 to 0.236 in) with a single prominent nerve. [2] It blooms from August to September and produces cream flowers. [1]
The species was first formally described by Bruce Maslin in 1992 as part of the work Acacia Miscellany. Review of Acacia victoriae and related species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Phyllodineae) as published in the journal Nuytsia . The only synonym is Racosperma alexandri as described by Leslie Pedley in 2003. [3]
It is native to a small area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia [1] around Cape Range where it is found on rocky limestone hillsides as part of mallee shrubland communities growing in rocky pink loamy soils. [2]
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