Entada elephantina

Entada elephantina

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: Mimoseae
Genus: Entada
Species: Entada elephantina

Name

Entada elephantina (Burch.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis, PhytoKeys 205: 116. (2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acacia elephantina Burch., Trav. S. Africa 2: 236 (1824)
• Homotypic
  • Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 344 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 176: 29 (1909)

Prosopis elephantina (Burch.) E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 165 (1836)

• Heterotypic
  • Acacia elephantorrhiza Burch. ex DC., Prodr. 2: 457 (1825)
  • Prosopis elephantorrhiza Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 165 (1827)

References

Primary references

• O’Donnell, S.A., Ringelberg, J.J. & Lewis, G.P. 2022.  Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade). PhytoKeys 205: 99-145. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Entada elephantina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Entada elephantina. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 4 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Entada elephantina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Apr. 2025.

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