Vachellia robusta, the splendid thorn, is an Afrotropical tree species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Vachellia |
| Species: | V. robusta
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| Vachellia robusta | |
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It is native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north to South Africa and Namibia in southern Africa.[3]
Subspecies edit
Three subspecies are accepted:
- Vachellia robusta subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr. – native to Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, and South Africa.[4]
- Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta – native to South Africa, Botswana, and western Zimbabwe.[5]
- Vachellia robusta subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr. – native to Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.[6] It is a common canopy tree in drier undifferentiated forest communities in the Northern and Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic of coastal Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique, where it grows up to 20 meters high.[7]
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References edit
- ^ Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M (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 (4): 500–523. doi:10.1111/boj.12047. hdl:10566/3454.
- ^ "Vachellia robusta (as Acacia robusta)". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2020.
- ^ Vachellia robusta subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2022.
- ^ Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2022.
- ^ Vachellia robusta subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2022.
- ^ White, Frank F. (1983). The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. UNESCO, 1983. ISBN 92-3-101955-4
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