Acacia Flexifolia

Endemism, Australia, Australian Plant Name Index
Herausgegeben:Willy, Nethanel

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Acacia flexifolia, commonly known as Bent-leaf Wattle, is a shrub species that is to eastern . There are two subcategories of endemism - paleoendemism and neoendemism. Paleoendemism refers to a species that was formerly widespread but is now restricted to a smaller area. Neoendemism refers to a species that has recently arisen such as a species that has diverged and become reproductively isolated, or one that has formed following hybridization and is now classified as a separate species. This is a common process in plants, especially those which exhibit . Endemics can easily become or if their restricted habitat changes, particularly but not only due to the actions of man, including the . There were millions of both and "" (actually junipers) in when it was settled at the start of the seventeenth century. By the end of the century the petrels were thought to be extinct. Cedars, already ravaged by centuries of shipbuilding, were driven nearly to extinction in the twentieth century by the introduction of a parasite. Bermuda petrels and cedars, although not actually extinct, are very rare today, as are other species endemic to Bermuda.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Culp Press
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138370123
• ISBN-10: 6138370120
• Artikelnr.: 34696989