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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 502 (1913) |
| Information on the genus : Acacia |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Vachellia hockii (De Wild.) Seigler & Ebinger |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Acacia stenocarpa var. chariensis (A. Chev.) Aubrév. |
| =Acacia flava f. chariensis (A. Chev.) Roberty |
| =Acacia chariensis A. Chev. (1928) |
| =Acacia flava var. atacorensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. |
| =Acacia atacorensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1938) |
| =Acacia seyal var. multijuga Schweinf. ex Baker f. |
| =*Acacia stenocarpa var. boboensis Aubrév. |
| =*Acacia boboensis Aubrév. (1939) |
| =*Acacia holstii Taub. (1895) p.p., excl. legumina |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree to 2-6(-12) m tall; geoxylic suffrutex (Vollesen in Nord. J. Bot. 1: 738, 1981); crown flattened; bark not powdery, greenish to red-brown, peeling off in papery layers; |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
In a diverse range of habitats, widespread in the tropics. Deciduous woodland, wooded grassland, thicket; scrub; deciduous and semi-evergreen bushland; on sandstone hills (Burkina Faso); etc... |
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Very variable; in particular in internode lenght, bark colour. |
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Tropical Arabia. |
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Has long been confused with A. seyal that has powdery inner bark, young twigs densely puberulous and "ant-galls". Also similar to A. ehrenbergiana (leaves with 1-2 pairs of pinnae only, and in drier habitats). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 296 (2006).
Bibliography other :
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:254 (2012)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°67340 |
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