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Acacia Glaucocarpa
''Acacia glaucocarpa'', commonly known as the hickory wattle and the feathery wattle, is a species of ''Acacia'' native to eastern Australia. The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of and has fissured grey to grey-brown mottled bark. It faintly ridged terete branchlets. ''A. glaucocarpa'' has a wide distribution in open forest or woodland area in southeastern Queensland from approximately west of Emerald, Queensland, Emerald south to close to the New South Wales border, it is common near Kingaroy, Queensland, Kingaroy and Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich. It is known to occur within protected areas and is found in many localities. It grows on sandstone or sedimentary rocks, often in deep soil. The current population is not known but is stable with at least 40 mature individuals in one stand of Queensland plants and seeds stored as a conservation measure. It is also used as a low maintenance ornamental plant with attractive foliage and a mass of flowers in autumn. It grows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Maiden
Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Life Joseph Maiden was born in St John's Wood in northwest London. He studied science at the University of London, but due to ill health he did not complete the course. As part of his treatment he was advised to take a long sea voyage, and so in 1880 he sailed for New South Wales. In 1881, Maiden was appointed first curator of the Technological Museum in Sydney (now the Powerhouse Museum), remaining there until 1896. While there, he published an article in 1886 describing what he called "some sixteenth century maps of Australia". These were the so-called Dieppe maps, the Rotz (1547), the Harleian or Dauphin (mid-1540s), and the Desceliers (1550), photo-lithographic reproductions of which had been published by the Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |