| Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 271 (1834) |
| Information on the genus : Dichrostachys |
| Basionym : Mimosa cinerea L. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Mimosa cinerea L. (1753) |
| Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. cinerea (1834) |
| Cailliea cinerea (L.) Roberty |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov. |
| =Mimosa glomerata Forssk. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Dichrostachys cinerea var. africana |
| Dichrostachys cinerea var. pubescens Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea var. setulosa (Welw. ex Oliv.) Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. cinerea (1834) |
| Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. nyassana (Taub.) Brenan |
| Dichrostachys cinerea var. plurijuga Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea var. tanganyikensis Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. keniensis Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea var. argillicola |
| Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. forbesii (Benth.) Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. platycarpa (Welw. ex W. Bull) Brenan & Brummitt (1965) |
| Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt |
| Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. argillicola Brenan & Brummitt |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree 1-8(-12) m tall, sometimes suckering and thicket-forming or ever scandent, with rough bark and armed with spines terminating short lateral spreading twigs which often bear leaves and flowers; |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Comprises 7 subspp. in tropical Africa.
The infraspecific taxa of D. cinerea are primarily geographical, but there can be little doubt that some of them are ecologically distinct also. The total range of ecological tolerance is very great; near sealeve |
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Very variable. |
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Cape Verde Islands; Botswana, S. Africa, Namibia; Comoro Islands; Arabia: SW Saudi Arabia, NW and E Yemen; only once recorded from Dhofar and Oman - [see more in the book] |
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Infraspecific taxa of D. cinerea in tropical Africa:subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. africana [see more in the book] |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:259 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Med-Checklist 4: 87 (1989).
- FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires rares, menacées ou endémiques du Maroc. Bocconea 8: 121
 - Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 372 (1999).
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| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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