Vachellia bolei (R.P.Subhedar) Ragupathy, Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin, 2014
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Acacia bolei
Conservation Status
Missing
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Tamil Nadu, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ragupathy, S., Seigler, D.S., Ebinger, J.E. & Maslin, Bruce R. (2014). New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia. Phytotaxa 162(3): 174-180.
Other references:
Bentham, G. (1875). Revision of the suborder Mimoseae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30: 335-670.
Graner, Torun. (2026). A World Without Trees: An Analysis of Global Tree Extinction Rates, Geographical Distribution and Correlation to Socioeconomic Factors. Master’s Dissertation, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University. 41 pp.
Kumar, Krishnachandran Sampath et al. (2019). Vachellia bolei (Leguminosae, Mimosaceae) a possibly extinct coastal stenoendemic legume of southern India. Phytotaxa 397(1): 107-113. [Abstract]
Maslin, Bruce R. (2014). Vachellia bolei (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), the correct name for a species from India. Nuytsia 24: 21.
Subhedar, R.P. (1985). A new name for Acacia wightii Baker ex Benth. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 82: 439-440.
Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. (1834). Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 1-480 (Parbury, Allen & Co: London.
https://therevelator.org/legume-extinction-india/