Vachellia macracantha

Vachellia macracantha

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 macracantha

Name

Vachellia macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger, Phytologia 87:160. 2005.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., , nom. cons. prop.

Homotypic

• Poponax macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Killip, Caribbean Forest. 9:248. 1948

Heterotypic

• Acacia flexuosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. pl. 4(2):1082. 1806.
• Acacia lutea (Mill.) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16:327. 1889, nom. illeg. non Leavenw. (1824).
• Acacia macracanthoides Bertero ex DC., Prodr. 2:463. 1825.
• Acacia pellacantha Meyen ex Vogel, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(suppl. 1):19. 1843.
• Mimosa lutea Mill., Gard. dict. ed. 8: Mimosa no. 17. 1768, nom. rej. prop.
• Poponax macracanthoides (Bertero ex DC.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23:89. 1928.
• Vachellia lutea (Mill.) Speg., Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26:301. 1923.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Vachellia macracantha Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Continental: Northern America Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Easter Is., India, Iraq, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. : 87(3): 160.

Additional references

• Seigler, D.S. & J. E. Ebinger 1988. Acacia macracantha, A. pennatula, and A. cochliacantha (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) species complex in Mexico. Systematic Botany 13: 7–15.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia macracantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vachellia macracantha. Published online. Accessed: Aug 27 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• Vachellia macracantha – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
• Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Vachellia macracantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 26.

Vernacular names

English: Tusca, Porknut Acacia, Long-spine acacia
español: Acacia Piquant, Acacia Savane, Aroma, Briar, Cambron, Carambomba

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