Slender Mountain Thorn

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Vachellia montana (P.P.Sw.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
Synonyms
Acacia montana P.P.Sw. (later homonym), not of Benth. (1842), Acacia theronii P.P.Sw. (new name for Acacia montana P.P.Sw.)
Common Names
Slender Mountain Thorn (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/01/25
Assessor(s)
D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Vachellia montana (P.P.Sw.) Kyal. & Boatwr.Least Concern 2015.1
Acacia theronii P.P.SwartzLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.


Kyalangalilwa, B., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. and 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. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4):500-523.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Vachellia montana (P.P.Sw.) Kyal. & Boatwr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16

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