Acacia varia

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 varia
Varieties: A. v. var. crassinervis – A. v. var. parviflora – A. v. var. varia
Name

Acacia variaMaslin, 1975
Synonyms

Racosperma varium (Maslin) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia varia

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Maslin, B.R., 1975. Nuytsia; Bulletin of the Western Australian Herbarium. South Perth, W.A. 1 (5): 456 .

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia varia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia varia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 17 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia varia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug 17.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
Acacia varia – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

Acacia varia is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemism to an area of south western Australia.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.6 metres (0.7 to 2.0 ft) blooms in from May to October producing cream-white flowers.[1]

There are three varieties:

Acacia varia var. crassinervis
Acacia varia var. parviflora
Acacia varia var. varia

It is native to an area in the South West, Goldfields-Esperance and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on hills, rises and ridges growing in sandy, loamy or clay loam soils that can contain lateritic gravel.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia varia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.