| Scientific Name | Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Gallaso | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Acacia capensis (Burm.f.) Burch., Acacia dekindtiana A.Chev., Acacia hirtella E.Mey., Acacia hirtella Willd. var. inermis Walp., Acacia horrida (L.) Willd. var. transvaalensis Burtt Davy, Acacia inconflagrabilis Gerstner, Acacia karroo Hayne, Acacia karroo Hayne var. transvaalensis (Burtt Davy) Burtt Davy, Acacia reticulata (L.) Willd., Acacia robusta in sense of Oliv. (in part), Acacia seyal in sense of Sim, not Delile (misapplied name), Mimosa capensis Burm.f., Mimosa eburnea in sense of Bojer, not of L. (misapplied name), Mimosa leucacantha Jacq., Mimosa nilotica in sense of Burm.f., not of L. (misapplied name), Mimosa nilotica in sense of Thunb. (in part), in Fl. Cap. ed. Schult., 1823, not of L. (misapplied name), Mimosa reticulata L. | Common Names | Cape Gum (e), Cape Mimosa (e), Cape Thorn Tree (e), Cape Thorn-tree (e), Doringboom (a), Fyndoring (a), Gum-arabic Tree (e), Isinga (nd), Kaapse Doringboom (a), Karoo Mimosa (e), Karoo Thorn (e), Karoodoring (a), Karoo-doring (a), Karoodoringboom (a), Khoeboom (a), Khoedoring (a), Leoka (ss), Mimosa (e), Mimosa Thorn (e), Mimosadoring (a), Mimosadoringboom (a), Mooka (ns), Mooka (ss), Mooka (tw), Mookana (ns), Mookana (tw), Moshaoka (tw), Munga (ts), Muunga (v), Muunga-ludzi (v), Nataldoring (a), Pendoring (a), Rivierdoring (a), Sambreeldoring (a), Soetdoring (a), Soetdoringboom (a), Suurdoring (a), Swartdoring (a), Sweet Thorn (e), Thorn Tree (e), Umbrella Thorn (e), Umnga (x), Umnga-mpunzi (x), Umunga (z), Umunga (x), Whitethorn (e), White-thorn (e), Witdoring (a), Witdoringboom (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2005/06/30 | Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter | Justification | This taxon was not selected in any one of four screening processes for highlighting potential taxa of conservation concern for detailed assessment and was hence given an automated status of Least Concern. The Threatened Species Programme is currently systematically completing full assessments for all taxa with an automated status. If you disagree with this taxon's status, please contact the Threatened Species Programme at the link below. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Gallaso | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Acacia karroo Hayne | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation | | Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2005. Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Gallaso. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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