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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.

Sunshine wattle
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. terminalis
Binomial name
Acacia terminalis (Salisb.) J.F.Macbr.[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH

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

• A. terminalis subsp. angustifolia
• A. terminalis subsp. aurea
• A. terminalis subsp. longiaxialis
• A. terminalis subsp. terminalis: listed as an Endangered Species under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[3][4] It is rare and confined to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, between Cronulla and Manly.[4] It differs from the other forms of the species in being hairier, and having thicker peduncles and wider seed pods.[4]

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References

External links

• NSW Flora Online
• NSW threatened species
• Google Images: Acacia terminalis.
• The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Occurrence data for Acacia terminalis.

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