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Taxon:  Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter



Summary
Genus:
Vachellia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
467294
Place of publication:
Mabberley's Pl.-Book 1021. 2008
Verified:
08/22/2013 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. gerrardii (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. var. najdensis (Chaudhary) Ragup. et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. var. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter var. gerrardii (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Acacia gerrardii Benth.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia gerrardii Benth. subsp. gerrardii

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Reference(s)
  1. Kyalangalilwa, B. & J. S. Boatwright. 2013. Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:500-523.
  2. Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 Note: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  3. Ragupathy, S. et al. 2014. New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162:176.
Common names
English
grey-hair acacia –
redthorn –
Afrikaans
rooidoring –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait, Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iraq, Israel, Jordan
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=467294. Accessed 27 April 2025.