Vachellia

See also: vachellia

Translingual

Etymology

From English Vachell (surname) +‎ -ia, 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 – the vachellias; certain plants closely related to acacias.

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, 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

Descendants

→ English: vachellia
→ Russian: вахе́лия (vaxélija)

References

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

^ 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.

[1] ttp://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageV.html

[2] 2012, Simon G. Haberle, Bruno David (editors), Peopled Landscapes: Archaeological and Biogeographic Approaches to Landscapes, ANU E Press, page 207.

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