Английская Википедия:Acacia aemula

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Acacia aemula is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and subgenus Alatae. It is native to an area along the south coast of Western Australia.[1][2]

Description

The shrub is prostrate to semi-prostrate, open branched and rush-like that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert. It produces white-cream flowers from May to June[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1995 in the work Acacia Miscellany 13. Taxonomy of some Western Australian phyllocladinous and aphyllodinous taxa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia. It was later reclassified as Racosperma aemulum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then returned to the genus Acacia in 2006.[2]

Two subspecies are recognized :

  • Acacia aemula subsp. aemula[3]
  • Acacia aemula subsp. muricata[4]

Distribution

It is found along the south coast of Western Australia in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions extending from around Albany east to Cape Arid National Park where it grows among granite outcrops and flats near creeks in sandy soils.[1]

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