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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

species

Entada elephantina (Burch.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis

This species name was first published in PhytoKeys 205: 116 (2022)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-1000040181.

Literature

O’Donnell, S. A., Ringelberg, J. J., & Lewis, G. P. (2022). Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade). PhytoKeys, 205, 99–145. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790

Synonyms of Entada elephantina (Burch.) S.A.O’Donnell & G.P.Lewis

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Elephantorrhiza elephantina	(Burch.) Skeels	Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 176: 29 (1909)	wfo-0000193418
Elephantorrhiza burchellii	Benth.	J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 344 (1841)	wfo-0000204211
Prosopis elephantorrhiza	Spreng.	Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 165 (1827)	wfo-0000468449
Prosopis elephantina	(Burch.) E.Mey.	Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 165 (1836)	wfo-0000468454
Acacia elephantina	Burch.	Trav. S. Africa 2: 236 (1824)	wfo-0001054019
Acacia elephantorrhiza	Burch. ex DC.	Prodr. 2: 457 (1825)	wfo-0001054020