Vachellia sieberiana

Vachellia sieberiana

Vachellia sieberiana

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 sieberiana
Varietates: V. s. var. sieberiana – V. s. var. villosa – V. s. var. woodii

Name

Vachellia sieberiana (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516. (2013)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acacia sieberiana DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 463. (1825)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia sieberiana DC. var. sieberiana (1965)
  • Acacia sieberiana f. eusieberana Roberty (1948)
  • Acacia sieberana DC. (1979)
  • Acacia sing Guill. & Perr. (1832)
  • Acacia sieberiana var. sing (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty (1948)
  • Acacia verugera Schweinf. (1867-8)
  • Acacia purpurascens Vatke (1880)
  • Acacia verugera var. africana Deflers (1889)
  • Acacia blommaertii De Wild. (1925)
  • Acacia verugera var. subinermis A.Chev. (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary 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. : 172(4): 516

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia sieberiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Vachellia sieberiana. Published online. Accessed: Aug 27 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Vachellia sieberiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Aug 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• Vachellia sieberiana – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

English: paperbark thorn, paperbark acacia,

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