Vachellia

Translingual

Vachellia farnesiana (sweet acacia, needle bush)

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.

Proper noun

Vachellia f

1. 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.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vachellia farnesiana (sweet acacia, needle bush) - type species; for other species see Vachellia on WikispeciesWikispecies or Vachellia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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