Acacia ayersiana var. latifolia

Taxobox
name = "Acacia ayersiana"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
genus = "Acacia"
species = "A. ayersiana"
variety = "A. a." var. "latifolia"
trinomial = "Acacia ayersiana" var. "latifolia"
trinomial_authority = (J.Black) Randell

"Acacia ayersiana" var. "latifolia" is a plant that grows in arid areas of Australia.

Description

It grows as a shrub or tree, up to ten metres high. It has blue-grey phyllodes and yellow flowers.FloraBase | name = Acacia ayersiana var. latifolia (J.Black) Randell | id=12953]

Taxonomy

There is some confusion as to the origin of the type specimen for this variety. No type was specified when the variety was published, and the specimens in the type folder at the Adelaide Herbarium are said to have been obtained by L. Abrahams at Cobar, New South Wales. However, this variety does not occur in New South Wales, and nothing is known of L. Abrahams.cite book | author = Hall, Norman | year = 1984 | title = Botanists of Australian Acacias | location = Australia | publisher = CSIRO | id = ISBN 0643002715]

It was published as "A. aneura" var. "latifolia" by John McConnell Black in 1923. Barbara Randell transferred it from "A. aneura" to "A. ayersiana" in 1992.APNI | name = Acacia ayersiana var. latifolia (J.Black) Randell | id = 64949]

Distribution

It occurs in arid and semi-arid parts of Australia, including parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. It is usually found in red sandy or loamy soils, often along creek lines.

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