Acacia imbricata

Acacia imbricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia
Species: A. imbricata
Binomial name
Acacia imbricata
F.Muell.[1]

Acacia imbricata, commonly known as imbricate wattle, is a shrub species that is endemic to South Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2 metres high and had phyllodes up to 16 mm long and 2 mm wide. The yellow globular flowerheads arise from the leaf axils in groups of 2 or singly.[2]

The species was first formally described in 1858 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. His description was based on plant material collected from Tumby Bay.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia imbricata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  2. "Acacia imbricata". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
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