Vachellia abyssinica

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: Vachellia abyssinica
Subspecies: V. a. subsp. abyssinica – V. a. subsp. calophylla
Name

Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)
Synonyms

Basionym
Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth. (1846)
Heterotypic
Acacia xiphocarpa Hochst. ex Benth. (1846)

Misapplied names

Acacia arabica sens. A.Rich. (1847)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Kyalangalilwa, B., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & Bank, M. 2013. Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 500–523. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12047 Open access Reference page. : 172(4): 511.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia abyssinica in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vachellia abyssinica. Published online. Accessed: Aug 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Vachellia abyssinica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug 21.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
Vachellia abyssinica – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vachellia abyssinica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Flat-Top Acacia