Acacia aemula is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and subgenus Alatae. It is native to an area along the south coast of Western Australia.[1][2]
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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. aemula
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| Acacia aemula | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Description edit
The shrub is prostrate to semi-prostrate, open branched and rush-like that typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.4 metres (0.66 to 1.3 ft). It produces white-cream flowers from May to June[1]
Taxonomy edit
The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1995 in the work Acacia Miscellany 13. Taxonomy of some Western Australian phyllocladinous and aphyllodinous taxa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia. It was later reclassified as Racosperma aemulum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then returned to the genus Acacia in 2006.[2]
Two subspecies are recognized :
Distribution edit
It is found along the south coast of Western Australia in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions extending from around Albany east to Cape Arid National Park where it grows among granite outcrops and flats near creeks in sandy soils.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Acacia aemula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Acacia aemula Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Acacia aemula subsp. aemula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Acacia aemula subsp. muricata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.