Acacia abrupta
| Acacia abrupta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Clade: | Mimosoideae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. abrupta |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia abrupta | |
Acacia abrupta is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to an area in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.[1]
The spreading resinous shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 3 metres (2 to 10 ft). It blooms from July to September and produces yellow flowers.
The species was originally described by the botanists Joseph Maiden and William Blakely in 1927 as part of the work Descriptions of fifty new species and six varieties of western and northern Australian Acacias, and notes on four other species published in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. The only known synonym for the plant Racosperma abruptum as described by Pedley in 2003.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Acacia abrupta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Acacia abrupta Maiden & Blakely". The Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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