''Acacia atopa'' is a tree belonging to the genus ''

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. The tree is slender and occasionally weeping, it typically grows to a height of .

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9562419 atopa Acacias of Western Australia Plants described in 2001 Taxa named by Leslie Pedley

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