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Details for: DLEG 900255,
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi, DLEG 900255
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi
Top Name:
DLEG 900255
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi
Top Name:
DLEG 900255
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
Kenya
Locality:
Kibwezi. 2 25'S, 37 58'E. Elevation 920 m.
Environment description:
Mean annual ppt. 699 mm; mean annual temp. 25 C.
Number of plants sampled:
5
Accession Names and Identifiers
DLEG 900255
Type: Site identifier
Narrative
Received from the Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association. NFTA #859. KFSC #038-013-86.
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi
Genus:
Vachellia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
465247
Place of publication:
Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149:150. 2008
Verified:
05/12/2012
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi subsp.
heteracantha
(Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
(0 active accession[s])
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi subsp.
raddiana
(Savi) Kyal. & Boatwr.
(0 active accession[s])
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi subsp.
spirocarpa
(Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
(0 active accession[s])
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi subsp.
tortilis
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa tortilis
Forssk.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia tortilis
(Forssk.) Hayne
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
umbrella-thorn
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Afrikaans
haak-en-steek
2
Timberlake, J. et al.
1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe.
Note:
as
Acacia tortilis
India
Israeli babul
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Acacia tortilis
Spanish
espino de parasol
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Acacia tortilis
Transliterated Arabic
talha
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Acacia tortilis
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
12 May 2012, from
Acacia tortilis
(Forssk.) Hayne to
Vachellia tortilis
(Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi
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