Vachellia drepanolobium

Vachellia drepanolobium (picture taken as Acacia drepanolobium) in symbiosis with Crematogaster nigriceps ants

Vachellia drepanolobium

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 drepanolobium

Name

Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter in D.J.Mabberley, Plant-Book, ed. 3: 1021 (2008); accepted by Govaerts & al. (2021)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt Schwed. Zool. Exped. Kilimandjaro viii. 116 (1908); et in Engl., Jahrb. li.361; accepted by Govaerts (1995) and Kalema & Beentje (2012)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia formicarum Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 362 (1914); not accepted by Govaerts (1995) [cited as Acacia drepanolobium]
  • Acacia lathouwersii Staner, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 55: 311 (1935); not accepted by Govaerts (1995) [cited as Acacia drepanolobium]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Vachellia drepanolobium Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 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 Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Uses 1021.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 
• Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. 2012. Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1–235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vachellia drepanolobium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 September 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Vachellia drepanolobium. Published online. Accessed: 1 September 2021.
• IUCN: Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt (Least Concern)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Vachellia drepanolobium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 September 2021.
• Vachellia drepanolobium – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia drepanolobium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 1 September 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Whistling Thorn
Gĩkũyũ: Ruai

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