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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Acacia umbraculiformis (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), a new species related to A. quadrimarginea from the Midwest Region of south-west Western Australia
MASLIN, B.R. AND BUSCUMB, C.

A new species common in the Midwest Region of Western Australia, Acacia umbraculiformis Maslin & Buscumb, is described and assigned to Acacia sect. Juliflorae (Benth.) C.Moore & Betche. Until recently this species had been confounded with A. quadrimarginea F.Muell.