Vachellia gerrardii

Vachellia gerrardii

Vachellia gerrardii

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: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: Vachellia gerrardii
Subspecies: V. g. subsp. gerrardii – V. g. subsp. negevensis
Varietates: V. g. var. calvescens – V. g. var. gerrardii – V. g. var. latisiliqua – V. g. var. najdensis – V. g. var. negevensis

Name

Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter, 2006

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acacia gerrardii Benth. (1875)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia hebecladoides Harms (1902)
  • Acacia hebecladoides Harms (1905)
  • Acacia subtomentosa De Wild. (1925)
  • Acacia etbaica var. hirta A.Chev. (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwandan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iraq, Palestine, Sinai Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hurter, P.J.H., 2008. Mabberley's Pl.-Book 1021.

Additional references

• Kyalangalilwa, B., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & Bank, M. 2013. Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 500–523. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12047 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia gerrardii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vachellia gerrardii. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Vachellia gerrardii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2022 Annual Checklist
• Vachellia gerrardii – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooidoring
English: Red thorn

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