Vachellia macracantha

Vachellia macracantha

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: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Vachellia
Species: Vachellia macracantha
Name

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

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
Native distribution areas:
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. : 87(3): 160.

Additional references

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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Vachellia macracantha in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vachellia macracantha. Published online. Accessed: Aug 27 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Vachellia macracantha – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Vachellia macracantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 26.

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