Acacia anthochaera

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Acacia anthochaera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. anthochaera
Binomial name
Acacia anthochaera
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Acacia anthochaera is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to Western Australia.

The rounded shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3 to 16 ft). It blooms from August to December and produces yellow flowers. [1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1995 as part of the work Acacia Miscellany Taxonomy of some Western Australian "Uninerves-Racemosae" species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Phyllodineae) as published in the journal Nuytsia . The species as reclassified as Racosperma anthochaerum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley but returned to the genus Acacia in 2006. [2]

It is endemic to an area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia anthochaera". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ "Acacia anthochaera Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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