Vachellia

Translingual

Vachellia tortilis (= Acacia tortilis)

Etymology

After Rev. John Harvey Vachell (1798-1839), chaplain to the British East India Company in Macao from 1825-1836 and a plant collector in China.[1]

Proper noun

Vachellia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae.

Usage notes

Prior to the 17th International Botanical Conference, 2005, species in Vachellia were placed in the related genus Acacia.[2]

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Acacieae - tribe

Hyponyms

For species see Vachellia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Vachellia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageV.html
2012, Simon G. Haberle, Bruno David (editors), Peopled Landscapes: Archaeological and Biogeographic Approaches to Landscapes, ANU E Press, page 207.

Further reading

Vachellia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vachellia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Vachellia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Vachellia at USDA Plants database

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