Vachellia sphaerocephala

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 sphaerocephala

Name

Vachellia sphaerocephala (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger, Phytologia 87(3): 167 (2005 publ. 2006)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Acacia sphaerocephala Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 5: 594 (1830)
  - Type: C.J.W. Schiede & F. Deppe s.n. "684" (March 1829; B [destroyed]; Lectotype: HAL 0040983^(JSTOR) [designated by Seigler & Ebinger 1995 /as 'holotype'/ and 2006]; type fragment and photograph: US [US00000615 (764680)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Syntypes: HAL {0040938^(JSTOR) [dated 18??] & 0040984^(JSTOR) [dated October 1828]}).
  - Type locality: Mexico. Veracruz: Actopán, sea level.
Heterotypic
- Acacia veracruzensis Schenck, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 362 (1913); not accepted by Govaerts (1995) and Seigler & Ebinger (1995: 133) [cited as Acacia sphaerocephala]
  - Type: J.H.R. Schenck 916 (13 October 1908; B [destroyed]; Lectotype: M-0218447 / 643166 / 301484^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [dated June 1912, designated by Seigler & Ebinger 1995 /as 'holotype'/ and 2006; type fragment and photograph: US [US00000633 (764683)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, US00000634 (764684)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isolectotypes: F, HAL 0040934^(JSTOR); cf. POZG {POZG-V-0100137^(GBIF), POZG-V-0100138^(GBIF)).
    - Note: JE holds a syntype dated June 1913 (JE 00001141^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
  - Type locality: Mexico. Veracruz: [sand dunes S of Veracruz, sea level].
- Acacia dolichocephala Saff., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 355–356 (1915), nom. illeg., non Harms, Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 86 (1899) [≡ Vachellia dolichocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.]; not accepted by Govaerts (1995) and Seigler & Ebinger (1995: 133) [cited as Acacia sphaerocephala]
  - Type: J.M. Greenman 87 (24 January 1906, in flower and fruit; Holotype: F [V0057985F (189552)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}; Isotypes: GH, NY [NY00001468^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [US00000204 (692164)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; photograph: K [K000081883^(GBIF)]).
  - Type locality: Mexico. Veracruz: along the shore N of the city of Veracruz.
- Inga cornigera Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1355 (1835)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Northeast (San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Tabasco, Yucatán) [fide Villaseñor 2016]. Southern America Central America Honduras. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.
Heuchert, B., Braun, U., Tkach, N., Marx, D. & Röser, M. 2017. Biography of D. F. L. von Schlechtendal and type material of his new taxa preserved in the herbarium of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (HAL) and other botanical collections. Schlechtendalia 31: 1–143. PDF Reference page. [see page 22]
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. 2008. Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas. xxix + 1576 pp. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SERNA/Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-44-80-5 Reference page.
Safford, W.D. 1915. New or imperfectly known species of bull-horn acacias. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5(10): 355–360. BHL Reference page.
Seigler, D.S. & Ebinger, J.E. 1995. Taxonomic revision of the ant-acacias (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae, Acacia, series Gummiferae) of the New World. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82: 117–138. BHL Reference page.
Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. [see page 760]

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vachellia sphaerocephala. Accessed: 2024 April 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Vachellia sphaerocephala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 April 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Vachellia sphaerocephala. Published online. Accessed: 16 November 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Vachellia sphaerocephala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 November 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vachellia sphaerocephala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 16 November 2021.
Vachellia sphaerocephala – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス」). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2021 November 16

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kugelköpfige Akazie
English: Bull-horn Acacia
日本語: アリアカシア

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