Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne.

Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne

HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne [Preferred name]
Acacia flava (Forssk.)Schweinf. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Djibouti (N) [239]; Egypt (N) [50]; Ethiopia (N) [50]; Mali (N) [50]; Mauritania (N) [50]; Niger (N) [11]; Sudan (N) [50]; Western Sahara (N) [238]
Asia: Iran (N) [1939]
Middle East: Oman (N) [8]; Qatar (N) [8]; Saudi Arabia (N) [8]; South Yemen (N) [8]; Yemen (N) [8]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone; woodland. [33];
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [33];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [50, 1899] ; Illustration [50, 1859, 1899, 1900]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.		Lock, J.M., 1985
		Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.		Keay, R.W.J., 1958
		Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

33.		White, F., 1983
		The Vegetation of Africa

50.		Ross, J.H., 1979
		Mem.Bot.Surv.S.Afr.44:1-150. A conspectus of African Acacia.

64.		Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
		IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

238.		Guinea, E., 1948
		Anales Jard.Bot.Madrid 8:357-431. Cat.Pl.Sahara espanol

239.		Bavazzano, R., 1972
		Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

1859.		Collenette, 1985
		Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1899.		Batanouny, K.H., 1981
		Ecology & Flora of Qatar. Alden Press; for Uni. of Qatar.

1900.		Migahid, A.M., 1978
		Flora of Saudi Arabia. Ed.2, Vol.1

1939.		Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
		Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.