Vachellia macracantha

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Vachellia macracantha

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • 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.
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Vernacular names

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