Vachellia cornigera

Vachellia cornigera

Vachellia cornigera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: Vachellia cornigera

Name

Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger, 2006

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mimosa cornigera L. (1753)
• Homotypic
  • Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd. (1806)
  • Tauroceras cornigerum (L.) Britton & Rose (1928)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia cornigera var. americana DC. (1825)
  • Acacia spadicigera Schltdl. & Cham. (1830)
  • Taurocerus spadicigerum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Britton & Rose (1928)
  • Acacia campecheana Schenck (1913)
  • Acacia cubensis Schenck (1913)
  • Acacia interjecta Schenck (1913)
  • Acacia nicoyensis Schenck (1913)
  • Acacia rossiana Schenck (1913)
  • Acacia furcella Saff. (1914)
  • Acacia hernandezii Saff. (1914)
  • Acacia turgida Saff. (1942)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Vachellia cornigera Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Cuba, Florida, India, Leeward Is., New Caledonia, Pakistan, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Seigler, D.S. & Ebinger, J.E., 2006. Phytologia 87(3): 153.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia cornigera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vachellia cornigera. Published online. Accessed: Aug 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Vachellia cornigera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• Vachellia cornigera – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

English: bullhorn wattle, Bull-Horn Acacia, Swollen-Thorn Acacia

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