Acacia subternata
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| Acacia subternata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. subternata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia subternata | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia subternata is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of northern Australia.
The shrub typically grows to a maximum height of around 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) and has an erect to semi-prostrate or domed habit. It branches from close to ground level and has smooth to slightly fissured grey-brown coloured bark.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as a part of the work Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem as published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. It was reclassified by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then returned to genus Acacia in 2006.[2]