Acacia didyma

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Acacia didyma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. didyma
Binomial name
Acacia didyma
A.R.Chapm. & Maslin. [fn 1]
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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]

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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]

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]

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Footnotes

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

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References

  1. "Acacia didyma". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Acacia didyma ". Department of Environment and Conservation, Shire of Dalwallinu & Australian Tree Seed Centre. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  3. "Author Details for Acacia didyma" (HTML). International Plant Names Index . International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  4. "Author Details for Acacia didyma" (HTML). International Plant Names Index . International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. "Acacia didyma A.R.Chapm. & Maslin". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 May 2014.