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Acacia linifolia

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Acacia linifolia
(Artist:Redouté)[1]
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. linifolia
Binomial name
Acacia linifolia
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia linifolia, known colloquially as white wattle, or flax wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.[2]

Taxonomy

Acacia linifolia was first described in 1800 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat as Mimosa linifolia.[3][1] In 1806 Carl Ludwig Willdenow redescribed it as belonging to the genus, Acacia, and it became Acacia linifolia.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Ventenat, E.P. (1800) Description des Plantes Nouvelles et peu connues, cultivees dans le Jardin de J.M. Cels 1: 2 t. 2
  2. ^ Harden, Gwen J. (1990). "Acacia linifolia (Vent.) Willd". Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Acacia linifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ^ Willdenow, C.L. (1806). "Acacia linifolia". Species Plantarum Edn. 4. 4 (2): 1051.