Vachellia anegadensis

Vachellia anegadensis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: V. anegadensis
Binomial name
Vachellia anegadensis
(Britton) Seigler & Ebinger[1]
Synonyms

Acacia anegadensis Britton

Vachellia anegadensis (pokemeboy) is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in the British Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, sandy shores, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. H. David Clarke, David S. Seigler, and John E. Ebinger (2009) Taxonomic revision of the Vachellia acuifera species group (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in the Caribbean. Systematic Botany, 34(1):84–101.
  2. Clubbe, C., Pollard, B., Smith-Abbott, J., Walker, R. & Woodfield, N. 2003. Vachellia anegadensis (as Acacia anegadensis). 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 July 2007.