Fabaceae
Vachellia

Vachellia leucospira (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 514 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891949/19999283

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
C1, near “Galkayu”, Bond & Pechanec 65 (EA holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Spreading shrub to 1 m high and 2 m wide; bark near the ground yellow and papery; young branchlets densely clothed with a white woolly indumentum
Morphology General Spines
Stipular spines 0.5–3.5 cm long, straight, spreading, woolly pubescent when young
Morphology Leaves
Leaves densely woolly pubescent; pinnae 5–11 pairs; leaflets 6–14 pairs, 0.5–1 x 0.25–0.5 mm, so small and compressed that the pinnae resemble single linear crenulate leaflets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, in heads; peduncles 0.7–1.2 cm long, woolly with the involucel near the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 2 mm long, densely pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla ± 3 mm long, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods curved or spirally coiled, thick and hard, dehiscent, (7–)13–16 x 2–2.5 cm, densely covered by a white woolly indumentum
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, (11–)15–16 x (9–)12–14 mm, ± ellipsoid, minutely wrinkled, without an areole.
Distribution
N3; C1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 210–620 m.
Vernacular
Lacagaale (Somali)
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0