| Acacia tortilis var. spirocarpa |
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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Kew Bull. 12: 88 (1957) |
| Information on the genus : Acacia |
| Basionym : Acacia spirocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. |
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Status
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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 |
 Acacia spirocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. (1847) |
| Acacia tortilis f. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Roberty |
| Acacia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Brenan |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Acacia spirocarpa var. major Schweinf. |
| =Vachellia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr. (2013) |
| =Acacia pappii Gand. (1913) |
| =*Acacia tortilis auct. |
| =Acacia petersiana Bolle (1861) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Medium to large-sized tree to 20 m with a conspicuously flattened umbrella-shaped crown when mature, trunk 30-40(-75) cm Ø, but often a shrub 4-7 m tall, young branchlets pubescent, pods small, long, thin, laxly curved, velvety-hairy, glandular; |
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| Ecology : |
Lowland and medium-altitude deciduous bushland, woodland and wooded grassland; dry bushland, Acacia grassland, semi-desert scrub, very often along rivers and luggas, common in places (Kenya); on sandy alluvium associated with larger rivers, etc... |
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The most widespread subspecies, in NE, E and S parts of range. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: (1992).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 298 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°67293 modified 2007-03-29 |
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