Fabaceae
Vachellia

Vachellia elatior (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 512 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to Kenya. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Sudan, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1993 Kibuwa, S.P. [2484] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058715 No
Oct 1, 1993 Magogo, F.C.; Ament, J. [23] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058720 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Edwards, L.E. [258] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058723 No
Oct 1, 1993 Mungai, G.M.; Mutangah, J.G.; Rucina, S.M. [227] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058717 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Greenway, P.J. [8857] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058724 No
Oct 1, 1993 Bally, J. [16881] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058721 No
Oct 1, 1993 Gillett, J.B. [19662] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058716 No
Oct 1, 1993 Gillett, J.B. [16996] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058722 No
Jun 14, 1957 Adamson, J. [75] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058725 No
Fagg, C.W. [635] Kenya Acacia elatior K000333149 No
Robertson, S.A. [5021] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058726 No
Sheldrick, D. [6] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058728 No
Gillet JB [20191] Kenya Acacia elatior K000058727 No

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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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