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Acacia amentifera

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Acacia amentifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. amentifera
Binomial name
Acacia amentifera

Acacia amentifera is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to parts of northern Australia.

The shrub has angled branchlets with resinous ribs. The phyllodes appear in groups of three to five per node and have an obliquely oblong-elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate shape with a length of 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in) and a width of 1 to 2.5 mm (0.039 to 0.098 in).

The species is known in the upper catchment of the Victoria River in the Northern Territory.[1]

See also

List of Acacia species

References

  1. ^ "Acacia amentifera". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 16 May 2019.