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Species profile—Vachellia karroo (karroo thorn)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Mimosaceae → Vachellia karroo (karroo thorn)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Mimosaceae
Scientific name
Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso
Common name
karroo thorn
WildNet taxon ID
34112
Alternate name(s)
karoo thorn
cockspur thorn
umbrella thorn
white thorn
sour thorn
gum Arabic tree
Cape gum
Cape thorn tree
mimosa thorn
sweet thorn
Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
Prohibited Matter
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=34112

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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