Acacia linifolia

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

Acacia linifolia
(Artist:Redouté)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. linifolia
Binomial name
Acacia linifolia
(Vent.) Willd.
Occurrence data from AVH

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. 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. "Acacia linifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. Willdenow, C.L. (1806). "Acacia linifolia". Species Plantarum Edn. 4. 4 (2): 1051.


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