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Acacia Signata
''Acacia signata'' is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae'' that is endemism, endemic to western Australia. Description The slender, straggly, weeping tree or shrub typically grows to a height of . The pendulous or arching branchlets are often covered in a fine white powder. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes usually have a pendulous forn with a linear to linear-elliptic shape and are straight to slightly curved. The grey-green and coriaceous phyllodes have a length of and a width of and have numerous fine nerves numerous and a prominent yellow coloured pulvinus. It blooms from August to October producing yellow flowers. The inflorescences occur in groups of one to four flower-spikes with a cylindrical shape. The spikes have a length of and a diameter of . The coriaceous seed pods that form after flowering have a curved to linear shape and are raised over seeds. The pods h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Virtual Herbarium
The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgamation of ''Australia's Virtual Herbarium'' and ''NZ Virtual Herbarium''. As of 12 August 2014, more than five million specimens of the 8 million and upwards specimens available from participating institutions have been databased. Uses This resource is used by academics, students, and anyone interested in research in botany in Australia or New Zealand, since each record tells all that is known about the specimen: where and when it was collected; by whom; its current identification together with the botanist who identified it; and information on habitat and associated species. ALA post processes the original herbarium data, giving further fields with respect to taxonomy and quality of the data. When interrogating individual specimen record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |