Tree of Ténéré: Difference between revisions

The '''Ténéré Tree''' ([[French (language)|French]]: {{lang|fr|L'Arbre du Ténéré}}) was a solitary [[acacia]] (''[[Acacia raddiana|Vachellia tortilis]]'')<ref name="Riedacker">{{cite book|title=Physiologie des arbres et arbustes en zones arides et semi-arides: séminaire, Paris-Nancy, 20 mars-6 avril 1990|first=A.|last=Riedacker|publisher=John Libbey Eurotext|year=1993|page=406|isbn=2-7420-0019-4|accessdate=2009-08-11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mL62aLtlF2YC&pg=PA406|language=French|quote=L'Hote (1961) note dans son article sur l'arbre du Ténéré (''Acacia raddiana'') que l'on aurait retrouvé ses racines à 30 métres de profondeur.}}</ref><ref name="Le Roy">{{cite book|title=Méhariste au Niger: souvenirs sahariens|first=Robert|last=Le Roy|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=1998|page=108|accessdate=2009-08-11|isbn=2-86537-778-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beEsVfvm87wC&pg=PA108|language=French|quote=It avait fallu à cet ''acacia tortilis'' une belle vigueur et une fameuse chance pour subsister là, seul, jusqu'à élever son feuillage hors de portée des gazelles.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kyalangalilwa |first1=Bruce |last2=Boatwright |first2=James S. |last3=Daru |first3=Barnabas H. |last4=Maurin |first4=Olivier |last5=van der Bank |first5=Michelle |date=2013-08-01 |title=Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12047 |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=172 |issue=4 |pages=500–523 |doi=10.1111/boj.12047 |issn=0024-4074|hdl=10566/3454 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth,<ref name="Wagonsonner">{{cite web|title=Eastern Mali to Niger to Timbuktu - 2–19 September 06|first=Eric|last=Wagensonner|work=Border-Crossings|date=2007-01-15|accessdate=2009-08-11|url=http://www.border-crossings.net/site/journal/present/niger/1.html}}</ref> the only one for over {{convert|400|km|mi}}. It was a landmark on [[Camel train|caravan]] routes through the [[Ténéré]] region of the [[Sahara Desert]] in northeast [[Niger]], so well known that it and the Arbre Perdu ([[Lost Tree]]) to the north are the only trees to be shown on a map at a [[scale (map)|scale]] of 1:4,000,000. The Tree of Ténéré was located near a {{convert|40|m|ft|adj=on}} deep well. Ittree was knocked down in 1973 by a truck driver.