Biology:Erythrina acanthocarpa
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Short description: Species of legume
| Erythrina acanthocarpa | |
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| Queenstown Area, Cape Province | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. acanthocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Corallodendron acanthocarpum (E.Mey.) Kuntze | |
Erythrina acanthocarpa (common name - Tambuki thorn)[2] is a species of Erythrina in the family Fabaceae, and was first described in 1835 by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer.[1][3] It is found in South Africa, where it is native to the Cape and Northern Provinces, but introduced in Free State.[1] It is a succulent, nitrogen-fixing shrub.[4]
Etymology
The species epithet, acanthocarpos, derives from two Greek words, akanthos (spine, thorn) and karpos (fruit) and thus describes the plant as having spiny fruits.[5]
Conservation status
Under the South African Red Listing of taxa under threat, it is listed as being of "least concern."[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494337-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=341-2.
- ↑ Meyer, E.H.F. (1835). Commentariorum de plantis Africae Australioris :quas per octo annos collegit observationibusque manuscriptis. Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drege. Leipzig. pp. 151. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/350234.
- ↑ "Erythrina acanthocarpa E. Mey. - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/644086.
- ↑ "acanthocarpus,-a,-um". http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=216423.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5837301 entry
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