05-09-2024, 03:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2024, 03:43 PM by Man From Ironbark.)
(05-09-2024, 12:30 PM)Dreamin Wrote: Peter, I do believe we call those straw flowers.....very pretty. And that huge yellow bush, WOW! Is that in the broom family?
The bush is a wattle. Acacia which belong to Fabaceae. As do the broom. Though that is where they both separate. There is an Acacia called broom wattle. Acacia tenuissima
As part of the Australian National Botanic Garden's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2010, we created an amazing and unique display of acacias in the form of a 'phylogenetic' tree.
Based on our research, individual species were grouped at the end of 'branched' pine-bark pathways to denote how closely related they are to one another.
The branching out of the 'tree' indicates splits in evolution of acacias.
A distinct split occurred early in the evolution of the species which now divides them into phyllodinous (phyllodes are broad flat 'leaves') species versus binpinnate ('feathery-leaved') types.
The Acacia Tree of Trees Display lives on as an interactive page on the Atlas Of Living Australia, allowing users to 'virtually' walk through the branched pathways of the tree.
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