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|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] |
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|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from [[Australasian Virtual Herbarium|AVH]] |
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|ordo = [[Fabales]] |
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|binomial = ''Acacia karina'' |
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| ⚫ | '''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 (Western Australia)|Mid West]] and [[Goldfields-Esperance|Goldfields]] regions of [[Western Australia]].<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Acacia karina''|id=30632}}</ref> |
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==Taxonomy== |
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The species was described by [[Bruce Maslin]] and [[Carrie Buscumb]] and published in 2007.<ref name="Maslin2007" /> |
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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'''.<ref name="Thiele2019">{{cite web |last1=Thiele |first1=K. |authorlink1=Kevin Thiele |title=Karina Knight's red boxes |url=https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/post/karina-knight-s-red-boxes |website=www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au |publisher=[[Taxonomy Australia]] |accessdate=13 August 2019 |date=July 2019}}</ref> |
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The [[holotype]] was obtained at a location east of [[Morawa, Western Australia|Morawa]] in 2006, the precise location being suppressed for conservation purposes.<ref name="Maslin2007">{{cite journal |last1=Maslin |first1=B. |last2=Buscombe |first2=C. |title=Two new ''Acacia'' species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from banded ironstone ranges in the Midwest region of south-west Western Australia |journal=Nuytsia |date=2007 |volume=17 |pages=264–267 |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/science/nuytsia/498.pdf}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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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. |
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The [[phyllode]]s of ''Acacia karina'' exhibit hairs closely pressed to the nerve of its structure.<ref name="FloraBase" /> |
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Identified from material obtained near Morawa, the known distribution range is the Yalgoo and Perenjori districts of the [[Eremaean Province]] in Western Australia.<ref name="FloraBase" /> |
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==See also== |
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[[List of Acacia species]] |
*[[List of Acacia species|List of ''Acacia'' species]] |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 2 June 2023
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. karina
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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).
Taxonomy
[edit]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
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c "Acacia karina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Thiele, K. (July 2019). "Karina Knight's red boxes". www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au. Taxonomy Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2019.