Vachellia robusta
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
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|image = Acacia robusta, Springbokvlakte.jpg
|image_caption = On the Springbok Flats
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|genus = Vachellia
|species = robusta
|authority = (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.{{cite journal |vauthors=Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M | title = Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. | journal = Bot J Linn Soc | volume = 172 | issue = 4 | pages = 500–523 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/boj.12047 | doi-access = free | hdl = 10566/3454 | hdl-access = free }}
|synonyms = *Acacia robusta Burch.
|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
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- Vachellia robusta subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
- Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
- Vachellia robusta subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
|range_map_caption = Native range of Vachellia robusta
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Vachellia robusta, the splendid thorn, is an Afrotropical tree species.
It is native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north to South Africa and Namibia in southern Africa.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77131776-1 Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.] Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2020.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are accepted:
- Vachellia robusta subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr. – native to Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, and South Africa.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77131777-1 Vachellia robusta subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.] Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2022.
- Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta – native to South Africa, Botswana, and western Zimbabwe.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77208452-1 Vachellia robusta subsp. robusta]. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2022.
- Vachellia robusta subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr. – native to Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77131778-1 Vachellia robusta subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.] Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 10 December 2022. It is a common canopy tree in drier undifferentiated forest communities in the Northern and Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic of coastal Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique, where it grows up to 20 meters high.White, Frank F. (1983). The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. UNESCO, 1983. ISBN 92-3-101955-4
Gallery
Acacia robusta, loof, Buffelsdrift, a.jpg|{{center|Foliage}}
Acacia robusta01.jpg|{{center|Flowers and flower buds}}
Acacia robusta02.jpg|{{center|Seed pod}}
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