Biology:Acacia verniciflua
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Scientific classification 
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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. verniciflua
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| Acacia verniciflua A.Cunn.[1]
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Acacia verniciflua, commonly known as varnish wattle,[2] is a shrub or small tree species that is endemic to Australia .[2] It has an erect or spreading habit, growing to between 1 and 6 metres high, The phyllodes are often sticky and lustrous and vary in length, width and shape. The globular pale-yellow flowerheads appear in the leaf axils from July to November, followed by seedpods that are up to 10 cm long and unconstricted. These contain shiny black seeds.[3][2] It is often found growing alongside Eucalyptus obliqua where it can dominate the understory.
Three forms identified in the Flora of Victoria (1996) have since been assigned to other species as follows:
- A. verniciflua (Bacchus Marsh variant) - Acacia rostriformis
- A. verniciflua (Casterton variant) - Acacia exudans
- A. verniciflua (Southern variant) - Acacia leprosa var. graveolens[1]
The species occurs in dry sclerophyll forest in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acacia verniciflua". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Acacia+verniciflua. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Acacia verniciflua". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~verniciflua. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
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