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Acacia gibsonii Maslin

Reference
Nuytsia 23:277-280,Fig.1 (2013)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas.

Nuytsia Journal Articles

Acacia gibsonii, a distinctive, rare new species of Acacia sect. Juliflorae (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from south-west Western Australia

MASLIN, B.R., Nuytsia 23: 277–281 (2013)

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Acacia gibsonii Maslin, a new species with distinctively short, 3-nerved phyllodes and short spikes, and having affinities to A. incongesta R.S.Cowan & Maslin is described. The species is known from a geographically very restricted area of greenstone hills between Norseman and Hyden. It is currently listed by its phrase name, Acacia sp. Lake Johnson (N. Gibson & M. Lyons 1959), as Priority One under the Department of Environment and Conservation’s Conservation Codes for Western Australian Flora.