Acacia linifolia
Appearance
Acacia linifolia | |
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(Artist:Redouté)[1] | |
Scientific 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
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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
- ^ 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
- ^ Harden, Gwen J. (1990). "Acacia linifolia (Vent.) Willd". Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Acacia linifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Willdenow, C.L. (1806). "Acacia linifolia". Species Plantarum Edn. 4. 4 (2): 1051.