Acacia exudans

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Casterton wattle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. exudans
Binomial name
Acacia exudans
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Acacia verniciflua (Casterton variant)

Acacia exudans, also known as Casterton wattle, is a shrub species that is endemic to Australia. [1] The species was formally described by English botanist John Lindley in 1838 from material collected on Thomas Mitchell's expedition near Casterton, Victoria in 1836. [1] The description was published in Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia . [1]

Acacia exudans was previously known as Acacia verniciflua but is since 1996 treated as a separate species. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Acacia exudans". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  2. "Acacia verniciflua". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2010-07-19.