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Acacia nebrownii

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Genus: Acacia

Acacia nebrownii
Acacia nebrownii
Acacia nebrownii

Acacia nebrownii, Mapungubwe Park, Limpopo Valley, South Africa. [photos Rob Burrett ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Acacia nebrownii

An Elephant, Loxodonta africana, bull browsing Acacia nebrownii, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Acacia nebrownii

Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) perched and feeding on the leaves of a thorny acacia, Acacia nebrownii, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Ecological relationships

See also Ecological relationships of Acacia species in southern Africa.

Herbivoreshttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=126060

List of Lepidoptera from Kroon (1999).

Cigaritis phanes

Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae

Larvae eat the leaves.

Links

References

  • Kroon, D.M. 1999. Lepidoptera of Southern Africa. Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, South Africa.