Acacia karina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
The straggly, woody shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft).
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]
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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