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Scientific Name | Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter subsp. gerrardii |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Acacia gerrardii Benth. subsp. gerrardii, Acacia hebecladoides Harms |
Common Names | Aapkop (a), Engelse Doring (a), Engelsedoring (a), Ikope (nd), Lerura (tw), Mokgi (tw), Moki (tw), Mooka (ns), Muunga (v), Red Thorn (e), Rooibas (a), Rooidoring (a), Rooihaakdoring (a), Swarthaak (a), Swarthaakdoring (a), Umkhamanzi (z), Umphuze (z), Umsama (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/23 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across northern and eastern South Africa, also extending northwards through eastern and tropical Africa to Sudan and Nigeria. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Woodland and wooded grassland, dry river valleys, and thornveld, 0-1500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acacia gerrardii Benth. subsp. gerrardii var. gerrardii | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Brenan, J.P.M. 1970. Leguminosae. In: J.P.M. Brenan, A.W. Exell, A. Fernandes and H. Wild (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 1):7-138. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
Coates Palgrave, M. 2002. Keith Coates Palgrave Trees of southern Africa. 3rd Edition. Struik, 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.
Ross, J.H. 1975. Fabaceae subfamily 1. Mimosoideae. In: B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick, O.A. Leistner and J.H. Ross (eds). Flora of Southern Africa 16 Part 1:1-159. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter subsp. gerrardii. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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