Acacia goetzei Harms
subsp. microphylla Brenan

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Synonyms:	Acacia joachimii Harms Acacia ulugurensis Harms Acacia van-meelii Gilbert & Boutique
Common names:	Chitataunga (Shona) Mupumbu (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Purple-pod thorn (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	This subspecies can be distinguished from subsp. goetzei by the more numerous (8-23 pairs) leaflets, which are narrower and oblong, usually less than 3 mm wide. There are normally glands on the rhachis between the top 3-5 pairs of pinnae, while in subsp. goetzei there is one a gland between the top pair of pinnae. Both subspecies have a similar, overlapping distribution.
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Altitude range: (metres)	600 - 1400 m
Flowering time:	Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, northern Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Other sources of information about Acacia goetzei:

Flora of Mozambique: Acacia goetzei
African Plant Database: Acacia goetzei
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Acacia goetzei
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Acacia goetzei
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Acacia goetzei
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Acacia goetzei
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acacia goetzei
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acacia goetzei
JSTOR Plant Science: Acacia goetzei
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acacia goetzei
Tropicos: Acacia goetzei
West African Plants database: Acacia goetzei

Acacia goetzei Harms subsp. microphylla Brenan