Acacia didyma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Acacia
Species: Acacia didyma
Name
Acacia didyma A.R.O.Chapm. & Maslin

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]

Description

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]
Taxonomy

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]
See also

List of Acacia species

Footnotes

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

References

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