Taxonavigation

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Mimosoideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: Vachellia tortilis
Subspecies: V. t. subsp. campoptila – V. t. subsp. heteracantha – V. t. subsp. raddiana – V. t. subsp. spirocarpa – V. t. subsp. tortilis

Name

Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149(1): 150. (Jan. 2008)
Note: Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb. Pl.-Book (ed. 3) 1021. (May 2008) is an isonym and has no nomenclatural status according to ICN 6.3 note 2 ex. 1.

References

• Galasso, G. & Banfi, E. 2008. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(1): 150.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Vachellia tortilis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 8.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Vachellia tortilis. Published online. Accessed Sept. 25 2016.
• 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: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.018 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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