Fabaceae
Vachellia

Vachellia edgeworthii (T.Anderson) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 512 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Kenya, Yemen. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Socotra, Somalia, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1993 Gillett, J.B. [19731] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058760 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Hemming, C.F. [1298] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058753 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1385] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058756 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Bally, P.R.O. [2144] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058751 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1257] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058755 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1602] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058754 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Gillett, J.B.; Gachathi, F.N. [20602] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058759 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [1012] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058750 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Bally, P.R.O. [15251] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058762 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1149] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058758 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Gillett, J.B. [13364] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058763 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1286] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058764 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1349] Kenya Acacia turnbulliana K000058765 Yes
May 8, 1972 Glover; Gilliland [388] Somalia Acacia bricchettiana K000244266 Unknown Type Material Yes
Acacia balfourii K000244268 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Hedberg, O.; Worfa, A.M. [40] Somalia Acacia edgeworthii K001307684 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Thomson [s.n.] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K000791117 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Barbey, W. [73] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K002343207 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Wykeham Perry, W. Acacia edgeworthii K002343206 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Barbey, W. [1790] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K001739566 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Barbey, W. [45] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K002343205 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Anderson, T. [s.n.] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K000791121 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K000791119 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Anderson, T. [s.n.] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K000791122 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 16, 1957 Kerr, A.F.G. [P1] Somalia Acacia edgeworthii K000244265 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 16, 1957 Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [766] Somalia Acacia edgeworthii K000244264 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 4, 1957 Gillet JB [13333] Kenya Acacia edgeworthii K000058766 Yes
Mar 4, 1957 Gillet JB [13283] Kenya Acacia edgeworthii K000058767 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K000791118 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson [s.n.] Yemen Acacia edgeworthii K000791120 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images