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Acacia gerrardii Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Miller

Acacia gerrardii Benth. [Accepted]
    Acacia hebecladoides Harms {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Botswana (N) [50]; Central African Rep. (N) [50]
    Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (N) [50]
    Nigeria (N) [50]; Rwanda (N) [38]; South Africa (N) [50]
    Sudan (N) [50]; Swaziland (N) [50]; Tanzania (N) [50]
    Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [50]; Zambia (N) [50]
    Zimbabwe (N) [50]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [50]
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [50], Sudanian woodland [50]
    Zambezian woodland [50]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  3 varieties recognized by Brenan (Kew Bulletin 12:369(1958))
  Subspecies negevensis now regarded as Acacia iraqensis Rech.f. (K).
  Acacia sp.F of Brenan,FTEA, is in part this species (Ross ref.50).


DATA SOURCES:

1.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

38.

   Troupin,G., 1982
    Flore des plantes ligneuses du Rwanda.
    Flore des plantes ligneuses du Rwanda.

50.

   Ross,J.H., 1979
    Mem.Bot.Surv.S.Afr.44:1-150. A conspectus of African Acacia.
    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
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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