''Acacia exudans'', also known as Casterton wattle, is a

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

species that is

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. The species was formally described by English botanist

John Lindley John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...

in 1838 from material collected on Thomas Mitchell's expedition near Casterton, Victoria in 1836. The description was published in Mitchell's '' Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia''. ''Acacia exudans'' was previously known as ''Acacia verniciflua'' but is since 1996 treated as a separate species.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4670930 exudans Flora of Victoria (Australia) Fabales of Australia