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Pedleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The only known species is Pedleya acanthoclada (F.Muell.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi. It is only native to New South Wales, Australia.

Description: Shrub to c. 1 m high; branches rigid, glabrous, spinose.

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate to oblong, 0.3–2.5 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, terminal leaflet conspicuously longer than laterals, apex obtuse, glabrous; petiole 2–4 mm long; stipules c. 1 mm long.

Flowering branches reduced to axillary, leafless spines with 1 or 2 pairs or clusters of flowers towards the end; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Flowers c. 8 mm long, pink to purple.

Pod c. 50 mm long; articles 2–7, each 9–12 mm long.

Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows mainly along rivers in Lismore-Grafton district, not common. Endemic to NSW.

The genus name of Pedleya is in honour of Leslie Pedley (1930–2018), who was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia.

The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Taxon vol.8 on page 63 in 1959.