Taxon: Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter

Summary

Genus:

Vachellia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Acacieae

Nomen number:

467294

Place of publication:

Mabberley's Pl.-Book 1021. 2008

Verified:

08/22/2013 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. gerrardii (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. var. najdensis (Chaudhary) Ragup. et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. var. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup. et al. (0 active accession[s])
Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P. J. H. Hurter var. gerrardii (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Acacia gerrardii Benth.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia gerrardii Benth. subsp. gerrardii
Acacia gerrardii Benth. var. gerrardii

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Kyalangalilwa, B. & J. S. Boatwright. 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. 172:500-523.
Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 Note: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Ragupathy, S. et al. 2014. New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162:176.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	grey-hair acacia	as Acacia gerrardii Benth.	1	Timberlake, J. et al. 1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe. Note: as Acacia gerrardii
English	redthorn	as Acacia gerrardii Benth.	1	Timberlake, J. et al. 1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe. Note: as Acacia gerrardii
Afrikaans	rooidoring	as Acacia gerrardii Benth.	2	Timberlake, J. et al. 1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe. Note: as Acacia gerrardii

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Gauteng	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda		Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Kuwait		Ragupathy, S. et al. 2014. New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162:176.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia		Ragupathy, S. et al. 2014. New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162:176.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq		Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel		Ragupathy, S. et al. 2014. New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162:176.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Iraq, Israel, Jordan

Reference(s)

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
Ragupathy, S. et al. 2014. New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162:176.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=467294. Accessed 12 May 2026.