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Acacia latronum

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Name

Identification
Mimosa latronum L.f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Acacia latronum Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Acacia horrida
  • Mimosa latronum
  • Acacia latronum
  • Acacia umbraculata

Flora

Entry for ACACIA horrida (Chiov.) Hillc. & Brenan subsp. benadirensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ACACIA horrida (Chiov.) Hillc. & Brenan subsp. benadirensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Kew Bull. 13: 40 (1958);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 94 (FT lecto.). Fig. 197 C.
ACACIA bussei Chiov. var. benadirensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli: 72 (1916);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 94 (FT lecto.). Fig. 197 C.
ACACIA benadirensis (Chiov.) Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1932);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 94 (FT lecto.). Fig. 197 C.
ACACIA latronum (Chiov.) Brenan subsp. benadirensis [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Kew Bull. 11: 191 (1956);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 94 (FT lecto.). Fig. 197 C.
Information
Inflorescence-axis 1–2.5(–4.5) cm long. Calyx 0.8–1 mm long. Corolla 2 mm long. Pods usually glabrous or almost so, sometimes pubescent.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1, 2
Altitude range
10–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 23135; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22651; Elmi & Hansen 4035.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Notes
Jifjif, sarmaan (Som.). The type race of this variable taxon is a flat-topped shrub with spreading branches, usually growing on sand, while a form in S1 (around Luuq) is a taller plant with erect branches, usually growing on rocky ridges. A form of uncertain taxonomic status from the inland of central Somalia and also known from NE Kenya and E Ethiopia differs in having ± densely hairy pods, leaves, branches and inflorescence-rhachides (e.g. Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 7024). Finally, there is a form in the border area between N3 and C1 with markedly turgid, shortly pubescent pods, abruptly narrowed at the base (e.g. Hemming 1395). Subsp. horrida grows in India.

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