Vachellia tortilis

Vachellia tortilis as Acacia tortilis

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: Mimosoideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: Vachellia tortilis
Subspecies: V. t. subsp. campoptila – V. t. subsp. heteracantha – V. t. subsp. raddiana – V. t. subsp. spirocarpa – V. t. subsp. tortilis

Name

Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149(1): 150. (Jan. 2008)
Note: Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb. Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021. (May 2008) is an isonym and has no nomenclatural status according to ICN 6.3 note 2 ex. 1.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mimosa tortilis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 176. (1775)
• Homotypic
  • Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: I. 31. (1827)
  • Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne subsp. tortilis autonym

References

• Galasso, G. & Banfi, E. 2008. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(1): 150.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Vachellia tortilis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 8.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Vachellia tortilis. Published online. Accessed Sept. 25 2016.
• 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: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.018 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Haak-en-steek
አማርኛ: Grar
العربية: Sunut
English: Umbrella Thorn
español: Acacia de copa plana
isiZulu: Umsasane
italiano: Acacia ad ombrello
עברית: Shitat ha'sochech
Kiswahili: Mgunga
magyar: Ernyőakácia
suomi: Kierreakaasia

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