Acacia hamulosa Benth.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Acacia Miller
Tribe: Acacieae
References: [50]

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Other names:

• Acacia paradoxa Chiov. [Synonym] [50]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994 Rico ML
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ethiopia [50]
  • Kenya [50]
  • Somalia [50]

• Middle East
  • Oman [8]
  • Saudi Arabia [8]
  • South Yemen [8]
  • Yemen [8]

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Notes:

• Gillett(notes on sheets at K) believes that this and A.paradoxa are distinct.
  
• If A.paradoxa is accepted, then a new name is needed (A.brevis Gillett ined.)
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:48:11