Acacia confluens
| Wyrilda | |
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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. confluens
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia confluens | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia confluens, commonly known as wyrilda,[1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to central Australia.
Description
The shrub typically grows to a height of 2 to 3 m (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) and has a spreading crown resembling an umbrella.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanists Joseph Maiden and William Blakely in 1927 as published in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. It was reclassified as Racosperma confluens by Leslie Pedley in 1986 ten transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2001.[4] The specific epithet is taken from the latin word confluens meaning flowing into in reference to the way the main vein merges with the margin.[2]
Distribution
It is found in South Australia at the northern end of the Flinders Ranges from Mount Lyndhurst east as far as Arkaroola[2] in the Tirari Desert and Sturt Stony Desert regions where it is situated in gullies and on stony hillsides growing in skeletal calcareous loamy soils as a part of tall shrubland communities.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Acacia confluens". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Acacia confluens". Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b E.Williams. "Wyrilda Acacia confluens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Acacia confluens Maiden & Blakely Wyrilda". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 April 2019.