Vachellia

Vachellia
Vachellia farnesiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Tribe: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Wight & Arn.
Type species
Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.
Species[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

147; see text.

The range of the genus Vachellia.
Synonyms[8]
  • Acacia subg. Acacia Vassal, no,. illeg.
  • Acaciopsis Britton & Rose
  • Aldina E.Mey.
  • Bahamia Britton & Rose
  • Delaportea Gagnepain
  • Farnesia Gasparrini
  • Feracacia Britton & Rose
  • Fishlockia Britton & Rose
  • Gumifera Raf.
  • Lucaya Britton & Rose
  • Myrmecodendron Britton & Rose
  • Nimiria Craib
  • Pithecodendron Speg.
  • Poponax Raf.
  • Protoacacia Mill.
  • Tauroceras Britton & Rose

Vachellia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Its species were considered members of genus Acacia until 2005.[2][5]

Species list

  • Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex. Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.—Flat Top Acacia
    • subsp. abyssinica (Hochst. ex. Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. calophylla (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia acuifera (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Bahama Acacia, Cassip, Pork-and-doughboy, (Bahamas) Rosewood
  • Vachellia albicortata (Burkart) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia allenii (D. H. Janzen) Seigler & Ebinger—Allen Acacia
  • Vachellia amythethophylla (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia ancistroclada (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia anegadensis (Britton) Seigler & Ebinger—Anegada Acacia, Blackbrush-wattle, Pokemeboy
  • Vachellia antunesii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia arenaria (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia astringens (Gillies in Hook. et Arn.) Speg.
  • Vachellia baessleri Clarke, Siegler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia barahonensis (Urb. & Ekman) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia bavazzanoi (Pichi-Sermolli) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia belairoides (Urb.) Seigler & Ebinger—Bellair Acacia
  • Vachellia biaciculata (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia bidwillii (Benth.) Kodela—Corkwood Wattle, Dogwood
  • Vachellia bilimekii (J. Macbr.) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia borleae (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia brandegeana (I. M. Johnst.) Seigler & Ebinger—Baja California Acacia
  • Vachellia bravoensis (Isely) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia bricchettiana (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia bucheri (Marie-Victorín) Seigler & Ebinger—Bucher Acacia
  • Vachellia bullockii (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. bullockii (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. induta (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia burttii (Bak. f.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia bussei (Harms ex Sjöstedt) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia californica (Brandegee) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia campechiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger—Boatthorn Acacia, Spoon-thorn Acacia
    • f. campechiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger
    • f. houghii (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia caurina (Barneby & Zanoni) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia caven (Molina) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia cernua (Thulin & Hassan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia chiapensis (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger—Chiapas-Acacia
  • Vachellia choriophylla (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Cinnecord Acacia, Florida Acacia, (Bahamas) Cinnecord
  • Vachellia clarksoniana (Pedley) Kodela
  • Vachellia collinsii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger—Collins Acacia
  • Vachellia constricta (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Whitethorn Acacia, Mescat Acacia
  • Vachellia cookii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger—Cook Acacia, Cockspur Acacia
  • Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger—Bullhorn Wattle, Bull's-horn Acacia, Bull-horn Thorn, Oxhorn Acacia
  • Vachellia cucuyo (Barneby & Zanoni) Seigler & Ebinger—Cucuyo Acacia
  • Vachellia curvifructa (Burkart) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia daemon (Ekman & Urb.) Seigler & Ebinger—Camagüey Acacia
  • Vachellia davyi (N.E.Br.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia ditricha (Pedley) Kodela
  • Vachellia dolichocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia douglasica (Pedley) Kodela
  • Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter—Whistling Thorn
  • Vachellia dyeri (P.P.Swartz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia eburnea (L.f.) P. Hurter & Mabb.
  • Vachellia ebutsiniorum (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia edgeworthii (T.Anders.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia elatior (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. elatior (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. turkanae (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter—Camel Thorn (Kameeldoring)
  • Vachellia erythrophloea (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia etbaica (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. australis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. etbaica (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. platycarpa (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. uncinata (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia exuvialis (Verdoorn) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.
    • var. farnesiana (L.) Wright & Arn.
    • var. guanacastensis H.D.Clarke et al.
    • var. minuta (M. E. Jones) Seigler & Ebinger
    • var. pinetorum (F. J. Herm.) Seigler & Ebinger—Pineland Wattle
  • Vachellia fischeri (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia flava (Forssk.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia gentlei (Standley) Seigler & Ebinger—Gentle Acacia
  • Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter
    • var. calvescens (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter
    • var. latisiliqua (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia glandulifera (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia globulifera (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger—Globular Acacia
  • Vachellia grandicornuta (Gerstner) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia guanacastensis (Clark, Seigler, & Ebinger) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia gummifera (Willd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger—Gray camel thorn, Giraffe thorn[9]
  • Vachellia harmandiana (Pierre) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia hebeclada (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. chobiensis (O.B.Miller) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. hebeclada (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. tristis (A.Schreiber) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia hindsii (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Hinds Acacia
  • Vachellia hockii (De Wild.) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. benadirensis (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia inopinata (Prain) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia insulae-iacobi (L. Riley) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia janzenii (Ebinger & Seigler) Seigler & Ebinger—Janzen Acacia
  • Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso—Karroo Bush
  • Vachellia kingii (Prain) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia kirkii (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. kirkii (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
      • var. kirkii (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
      • var. sublaevis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. mildbraedii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia koltermanii R. García, M. Mejía, Ebinger, & Seigler[10]
  • Vachellia kosiensis (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia lahai (Steud. & Hochst. ex. Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia lasiopetala (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia latispina (J.E.Burrows & S.M.Burrows) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger—Pilang
    • var. leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
    • var. microcephala (Kurz) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia leucospira (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia luederitzii (Engl.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. luederitzii (Engl.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. retinens (Sim) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger—Longspine Acacia, French Casha, Long-spine Acacia, Porknut, Cambrón, Long-spined Acacia, (Jamaica) Parknut, (Virgin Islands) Wild Tamarind, (Netherlands Antilles) Creole Casha, Spanish Casha, Steel Acacia, (Virgin Islands) Stink Casha, Strink Casha
  • Vachellia macrothyrsa (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia malacocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia mayana (Lundell) Seigler & Ebinger—Maya Acacia
  • Vachellia mbuluensis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia melanoceras (Beurl.) Seigler & Ebinger—Blackthorn Acacia, Bullhorn Acacia
  • Vachellia montana (P.P.Swartz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia myaingii (Lace) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia natalitia (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia nebrownii (Burtt Davy) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia negrii (Pichi-Sermolli) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.—Gum Arabic Tree, Babul, Amrad Gum, Thorny Mimosa of India
  • Vachellia nubica (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia oerfota (Forssk) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. brevifolia (Boulos) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. oerfota (Forssk) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia origena (Hunde) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia ormocarpoides (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia oviedoensis (R. García & M. Mejía) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia pacensis (Rudd & Carter) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia pachyphloia (W. Fitzg.) Kodela
    • subsp. brevipinnula (Tindale & Kodela) Kodela
    • subsp. pachyphloia (W. Fitzg.) Kodela
  • Vachellia pallidifolia (Tindale) Kodela
  • Vachellia paolii (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. paolii (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. paucijuga (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger—Feather Acacia
    • var. parvicephala (Seigler & Ebinger) Seigler & Ebinger
    • var. pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia permixta (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia pilispina (Pichi-Sermolli) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia polypyrigenes (Greenm.) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia prasinata (Hunde) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia pringlei (Rose) Seigler & Ebinger—Pringle Acacia
    • var. californica —California Pringle Acacia
    • var. pringlei —Typical Pringle Acacia
  • Vachellia pseudofistula (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia qandalensis (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia quintanilhae (Torre) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia reficiens (Wawra) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. misera (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. reficiens (Wawra) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia rehmanniana (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia rigidula (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger—Blackbrush Acacia, Blackbrush
  • Vachellia robbertsei (P.P.Swartz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia roigii (Léon) Seigler & Ebinger—Roig Acacia
  • Vachellia rorudiana (Christopherson) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia ruddiae (D. H. Janzen) Seigler & Ebinger—Rudd Acacia
  • Vachellia schnaffneri (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger—Schaffner's Wattle, Twisted Acacia
    • var. bravoensis
    • var. schaffneri
  • Vachellia schottii (Torr.) Seigler & Ebinger—Schott's Wattle
  • Vachellia sekhukhuniensis (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia seyal (Del.) P.J.H.Hurter
    • var. fistula (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. seyal (Del.) P.J.H.Hurter
  • Vachellia siamensis (Craib) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia sieberiana (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. sieberiana (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. villosa (A.Chev.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. woodii (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia sphaerocephala (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger—Roundhead Acacia, Bee Wattle
  • Vachellia stuhlmannii (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia suberosa (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Kodela—Corkybark Wattle
  • Vachellia sutherlandii (F. Muell.) Kodela—Corkwood Wattle
  • Vachellia swazica (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia tenuispina (Verdoorn) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia tephrophylla (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia tomentosa (Rottler) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger—Klampis
  • Vachellia torrei (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi—Umbrella Thorn
    • subsp. heteracantha (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. raddiana (Savi) Kyal. & Boatwr.
      • var. pubescens (A.Chev.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
      • var. raddiana (Savi) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex. A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
      • var. crinita (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
      • var. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex. A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • subsp. tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi
  • Vachellia tortuosa (L.) Seigler & Ebinger—Twisted Acacia, Acacia Bush, Casia, Catclaw, Dutch Casha, Huisachillo, Rio Grande Acacia, Sweet Briar, Sweet-briar, Wild Poponax
  • Vachellia turnbulliana (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia valida (Tindale & Kodela) Kodela
  • Vachellia vernicosa (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger—Viscid Acacia
  • Vachellia villaregalis (McVaugh) Seigler & Ebinger
  • Vachellia walwalensis (Gilliland) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter—Fever tree
  • Vachellia zanzibarica (S.Moore) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. microphylla (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
    • var. zanzibarica (S.Moore) Kyal. & Boatwr.
  • Vachellia zapatensis (Urb. & Ekman) Seigler & Ebinger

Incertae Sedis

These species are suspected to belong to Vachellia, but have not been formally transferred.[6]

Hybrids

References

  1. ↑ Seigler DS, Ebinger JE. (2005). "New combinations in the genus Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the New World.". Phytologia 87 (3): 139–78.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M. (2013). "Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia.". Bot J Linn Soc 172 (4): 500–523. doi:10.1111/boj.12047.
  3. ↑ Seigler DS, Ebinger JE. (2010). "New Combinations in Senegalia and Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae).". Phytologia 92 (1): 92–95.
  4. ↑ Maslin BR, Seigler DS, Ebinger J. (2013). "New combinations in Senegalia and Vachellia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for Southeast Asia and China.". Blumea 58 (1): 39–44. doi:10.3767/000651913X669914.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Clarke HD, Seigler DS, Ebinger JE. (2009). "Taxonomic Revision of the Vachellia acuifera Species Group (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in the Caribbean.". Syst Bot 34 (1): 84–101. doi:10.1600/036364409787602285.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Maslin B.. "List of Acacia sensu lato species". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Kodela PG, Wilson PG (2006). "New combinations in the genus Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from Australia.". Telopea 11: 233–244.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Protected Trees". Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 3 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Seigler DS, García R, Mejía M, Ebinger JE. (2012). "A new species of Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from Haiti". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 6 (1): 45.