Vachellia tortuosa

Vachellia tortuosa

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

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

Distribution

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 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. 

Links

• 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.

Vernacular names

English: Twisted acacia, Poponax, Huisachillo

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