Faidherbia albida

Faidherbia albida

Faidherbia albida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Ingeae
Genus: Faidherbia
Species: Faidherbia albida

Name

Faidherbia albida (Delile) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 876 (1934).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acacia albida Delile, Fl. Egypt. 286. t. 52. f. 3.
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia aegyptiaca Baill., Adansonia 4: 82 (1863)
  • Acacia gyrocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 241 (1847)
  • Acacia mossambicensis Bolle, W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 15 (1861)
  • Acacia saccharata Benth., London J. Bot. 1: 505 (1842)
  • Acacia selenicarpa Desv., W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 60 (1825)
  • Faidherbia albida var. glabra Nongon., Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 39: 599 (1976 publ. 1977)
  • Faidherbia albida var. pseudoglabra Nongon., Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 38: 599 (1976 publ. 1977)
  • Prosopis kirkii Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 332 (1871)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine Regional: Peninsilar Arabia Saudi Arabia Introduced into: Ascension, Cape Verde, Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chevalier, A. 1934. Nouvelles observations sur quelques Acacia de l’Afrique occidentale. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture tropicale 14: 876.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 
• Raffeneau-Delile, A. 1813. Flore d'Ègypte. Explication des planches. In: Description de l'Egypte ... Histoire Naturelle 2: 145–320. Text. Plates. Reference page.  [see page 286]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Faidherbia albida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Faidherbia albida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Faidherbia albida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Faidherbia albida. Published online. Accessed: October 13 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Faidherbia albida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Apple-ring Acacia
français: Acacia chauve
Wolof: Kad

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