Acacia karina

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Acacia karina
Status DECF P1.svg
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

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The straggly, woody shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft).

Taxonomy

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

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acacia karina". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Thiele, K. (July 2019). "Karina Knight's red boxes". www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au. Taxonomy Australia . Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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