Robinia

Life-forms

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: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Robinia
Species: R. hispida – R. neomexicana – R. pseudoacacia – R. viscosa
Nothospecies: R. × ambigua – R. × holdtii – R. × margarettae
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Robinia L. in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.

Name

Robinia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 722. (1753)

Lectotype (designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown 1913: 374.): Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Pseudacacia Moench, Meth. 145 (1794), nom. illeg.
Pseudoacacia Duhamel, Traité Arb. Arbust. 2: 187 (1755), nom. illeg. (as "Pseudo-Acacia").

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming
Introduced into:
Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Easter Is., France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 722.

Additional references

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vols. 1–3. Reference page. : 374

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Robinia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Robinia. Published online. Accessed: May 30 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Robinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30.
Hassler, M. 2021. Robinia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.

Vernacular names
azərbaycanca: Yalançı akasiya
беларуская: Рабінія
čeština: trnovník
dansk: Robinie
Deutsch: Robinien
English: Locusts
Esperanto: Robinio
eesti: Robiinia
فارسی: اقاقیا (سرده)
suomi: Valeakaasiat
galego: Falsa Acacia, Acacia bastarda, Pan e quesillos
hornjoserbsce: Robinija
magyar: Akác
Ido: Robinio
日本語: ハリエンジュ属
ქართული: რობინია
lietuvių: Robinija
polski: Robinia
русский: Робиния
slovenčina: agát
Türkçe: Yalancı akasya, Beyaz salkım
українська: Робінія
中文: 刺槐属

Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America. Commonly known as locusts,[1] they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing 4–25 metres (13–82 ft) tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in usually pendulous racemes. Many species have thorny shoots, and several have sticky hairs on the shoots.

The genus is named after the royal French gardeners Jean Robin and his son Vespasien Robin, who introduced the plant to Europe in 1601.

The number of species is disputed between different authorities, with as few as four recognised by some authors,[2] while others recognise up to 10 species. Several natural hybrids are also known.

Some species of Robinia are used as food by caterpillars of Lepidoptera, including such moths as the brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea), the buff-tip (Phalera bucephala), the engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia), the giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia), the locust underwing (Euparthenos nubilis), and Gracillariidae leaf miners like Chrysaster ostensackenella, Macrosaccus robiniella and Parectopa robiniella.

Toxicity

All species produce in all parts toxic lectins, with the exception of the flowers.[3][4] The flowers are used in teas and in pancakes,[5] and are consumed as fritters in many parts of Europe.[6][7][8][9]
Species

Robinia hispida – bristly locust
Robinia hispida var. rosea (syn. R. boyntonii)
Robinia hispida var. nana (syns. R. elliottii & R. nana)
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi (syn. R. kelseyi)
Robinia neomexicana (syn. R. luxurians) – New Mexican locust
Robinia pseudoacacia – black locust, false acacia
Robinia viscosa – clammy locust
Robinia viscosa var. hartwegii[10] (syn. R. hartwegii or R. hartwigii[11][12])
†Robinia zirkelii[13]

Hybrids

Robinia × ambigua (R. pseudoacacia × R. viscosa) – Idaho locust
Robinia × holdtii (R. neomexicana × R. pseudoacacia)
Robinia × longiloba (R. hispida × R. viscosa)
Robinia × margarettiae (R. hispida × R. pseudoacacia)

References

"Robinia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
"Robinia". LegumeWeb. International Legume Database & Information Service.
Poisonous Plants List. Ivydene Horticultural Services.
Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. 2. Auflage. Springer, 2006. ISBN 0-387-31268-4, S. 33.
"Acacia flowers—a potent cough mixture". European Union Development Fund. Archived from the original on 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
"Acacia flower fritters". Morrison, Médoc, France. 29 May 2013.
"Frittelle di Fiori d'Acacia (Black Locust Flower Pancakes)". Cooking and traveling in Italy.
"ACACIA FLOWER FRITTERS". Tatty Apron. 3 June 2013.
"Riaperta la stagione della cacia". Unazebrapois. 2012.
R. viscosa var. hartwegii. ITIS.
E. Koehne. 1913. Eine neue Robinie
"Robinia viscosa var. hartwigii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 December 2017.
Lavin M, Wojciechowski MF, Gasson P, Hughes C, Wheeler E (2003). "Phylogeny of Robinioid Legumes (Fabaceae) Revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia Recircumscribed, and a Biogeographical Appraisal of the Caribbean Endemics" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 28 (2): 387–409. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387 (inactive 2021-10-07).