Acacia trudgeniana

Acacia trudgeniana (common name - Trudgen's wattle) is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae. It is native to a small area in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.[1]

Acacia trudgeniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. trudgeniana
Binomial name
Acacia trudgeniana
Occurrence data from AVH

It was first described by Bruce Maslin in 2008,[2][3] and was named for Malcolm Trudgen, who first drew Maslin's attention to its existence.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Acacia trudgeniana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Acacia trudgeniana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008). "New taxa of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) and notes on other species from the Pilbara and adjacent desert regions of Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 18: 180–183, Fig. 11.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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