Vachellia tortuosa

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

Vachellia tortuosa (L.) Seigler & Ebinger, Phytologia 87(3): 168. (2006)

Basionym
- Mimosa tortuosa L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1312. (1759)
Homotypic
- Acacia tortuosa (L.) Willd.
- Poponax tortuosa (L.) Raf.
Heterotypic
- Acacia albescens Steud.
- Acacia albida Lindl. non Acacia albida Delile
- Acacia leucacantha Bertero ex Spreng.
- Acacia seifriziana León
- Acacia tortuosa var. glabrior Hook.f.
- Acacia virescens DC.
- Mimosa salinarum Rohr ex Benth.
- Mimosa virescens (DC.) Poir.
- Prosopis microphylla Kunth

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Peru
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida

Seigler, D.S. & Ebinger, J.E. 2005. New combinations in the genus Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the New World. Phytologia 87(3): 139–178. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia tortuosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Vachellia tortuosa. Published online. Accessed: Aug 28 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Vachellia tortuosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Aug 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
Vachellia tortuosa – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

English: Twisted acacia, Poponax, Huisachillo

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