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Acacia terminalis

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Sunshine wattle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. terminalis
Binomial name
Acacia terminalis
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia terminalis (sunshine wattle) is a shrub or small tree to 6 m in height. It is an Australian native whose range extends through New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Common names are cedar wattle (also used of Acacia elata), elata wattle, mountain hickory (also used of Acacia obliquinervia) and peppermint-tree wattle.[3]

Four subspecies have been recognised, although there are additional hybrids, especially around Sydney:

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References

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  1. ^ "Acacia terminalis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ J. Francis Macbride (1919). "Notes on Certain Leguminosae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 59: 7. ISSN 0195-6094. JSTOR 41763984. Wikidata Q94388394.
  3. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi (2000). CRC Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 1. Baton Rouge: crc Press. p. 15.
  4. ^ Acacia terminalis subsp. terminalis, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.
  5. ^ a b c Acacia terminalis subsp. terminalis (a shrub) - endangered species listing
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