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]

Acacia didyma
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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. didyma
Binomial name
Acacia didyma
A.R.Chapm. & Maslin.[fn 1]
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

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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

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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

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Footnotes

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

References

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