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Acacia karina
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). TaxonomyThe 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] DescriptionA 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 alsoReferences
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