235.0000 Family Fabaceae Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 22: ad t. 1845 (1836), nom. cons., nom. alt.

728 genera, ca. 22.300 spp. Phylogeny and new subfamily system: Azani et al. (LPWG) (2017)

Species listed in database: 22458; hybrids: 149

235.6191 Genus Vachellia Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 272 (1834)

Distribution: America (50), Africa (80), Asia (28), Australia and Pacific (12). A major spin-off genus from Acacia sensu lato, containing the former type of Acacia. Many necessary new combinations have not been done yet.

Species listed in database: 163; hybrids: 5

species :

Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. abyssinica

Distribution: Ethiopia; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (W-Yemen: Tihama, Inner Yemen, W-Yemen)

24 ETH 35 SAU YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth.; London J. Bot. 5: 97 (1846)

= Acacia xiphocarpa Hochst. ex Benth.; London J. Bot. 5: 96 (1846)

= Acacia xiphocarpa Hochst. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 240 (1892)

subspecies :

subsp. calophylla (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique

23 RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia abyssinica subsp. calophylla Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 82 (1957)

species :

Vachellia acuifera (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 142 (2006)

Name: Bahama acacia, Cassip, Pork-and-doughboy, Rosewood (Bahamas)

Distribution: E-Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.

81 BAH TCI

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia acuifera Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 496 (1842)

= Bahamia acuifera (Benth.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 86 (1928)

= Cojoba micrantha (Benth.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 30 (1928)

= Feuilleea micrantha (Benth.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 188 (1891)

= Pithecellobium micranthum Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 589 (1875)

species :

Vachellia albicorticata (Burkart) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 142 (2006)

Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz); Argentina (Salta, Tucuman, Jujuy)

83 BOL 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia albicorticata Burkart; Darwiniana 7: 504 (1947)

species :

Vachellia allenii (D.H.Janzen) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 142 (2006)

Distribution: Costa Rica

80 COS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia allenii Janzen; Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 13: 53 (1974)

species :

Vachellia amythethophylla (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique

22 BEN BKN GHA IVO MLI NGA NGR 23 CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia amythethophylla Steud. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 245 (1847)

= Acacia buchananii Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 76 (1901)

= Acacia dalzielii Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 97 (1912)

= Acacia macrothyrsa Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 396 (1900)

= Acacia prorsispinula Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 513 (1906)

= Vachellia macrothyrsa (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

species :

Vachellia ancistroclada (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ancistroclada Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 412 (1959)

species :

Vachellia anegadensis (Britton) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 142 (2006)

Distribution: Virgin Isl. (Anegada)

81 VIR

Conservation Status: IUCN CR

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia anegadensis Britton; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 572 (1916)

= Fishlockia anegadensis (Britton) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 91 (1928)

species :

Vachellia antunesii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: SW-Angola; Mozambique

26 ANG MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia antunesii Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 76 (1901)

species :

Vachellia arenaria (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Name: Sand Thorn

Distribution: Tanzania; S-Angola; S-Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana

25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arenaria Schinz; Mém. Herb. Boissier 1: 105 (1893)

= Acacia hermannii Baker f. [J.Bot.67: 198 (1929)]

= Acacia rufobrunnea N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 107 (1909)

species :

Vachellia aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 143 (2006)

Name: Algaraobo chico

Distribution: Bangladesh [I]; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá)

40 ban 83 BOL ECU PER 85 ARG CLE PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia aroma Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 206 (1833)

= Acacia aroma var. cochlearis Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 122 (1879)

= Acacia lutea var. aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 47 (1898)

= Acacia lutea var. moniliformis (Griseb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 47 (1898)

= Acacia michelii Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 28 (1896)

= Acacia moniliformis Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 136 (1874)

= Vachellia lutea f. aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 312 (1923)

= Vachellia lutea f. leptocarpa Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 313 (1923)

= Vachellia lutea f. moniliformis (Griseb.) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 313 (1923)

= Vachellia lutea f. oocephala Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 312 (1924)

= Vachellia lutea f. pachycarpa Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 314 (1923)

= Vachellia lutea f. thlipsacantha Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 313 (1923)

= Vachellia lutea var. aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 313 (1924)

= Vachellia lutea var. moniliformis (Griseb.) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 337 (1924)

variant :

var. huarango (Ruiz ex J.F.Macbr.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 144 (2006)

Distribution: SW-Ecuador; Peru

83 ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia huarango Ruiz ex J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 90 (1930)

= Acacia aroma var. huarango (Ruiz ex J.F.Macbr.) Ebinger, Seigler & H.D.Clarke; Syst. Bot. 25(4): 602 (2000)

species :

Vachellia astringens (Gillies) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Ci. (Córdoba) 26: 278 (1924)

Distribution: Uruguay (Paysandu); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)

85 ARG URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia atramentaria Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 392 (1842)

= Acacia farnesiana var. atramentaria (Benth.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 47 (1898)

= Acacia prosopoma O.Schnyd.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 3: 152 (1877)

= Prosopis astringens Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 204 (1833)

species :

Vachellia azuana R.G.García, Clase, Ebinger & Seigler; Novon 23(3): 278 (2014)

Distribution: Dominican Republic

81 HIS

species :

Vachellia baessleri H.D.Clarke, Seigler & Ebinger; Syst. Bot. 34(1): 89 (2009)

Distribution: Cuba (Guantanamo, Las Tunas)

81 CUB

species :

Vachellia barahonensis (Urb. & Ekman) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 144 (2006)

Name: Acacia, Zacacia (Dominican Republic), Z´acacia (Haiti)

Distribution: Dominican Republic

81 HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia barahonensis Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 29 (1929)

species :

Vachellia bavazzanoi (Pic.Serm.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia

24 ETH

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bavazzanoi Pic.Serm.; Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7: Ricerche Bot., Pt. 1, 54 (1951)

species :

Vachellia belairioides (Urb.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 145 (2006)

Distribution: Cuba (Holguin Prov.)

81 CUB

Conservation Status: endangered (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba) and IUCN CR

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia belairioides Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 439 (1928)

= Feracacia belairioides (Urb.) Britton & León; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 87 (1928)

species :

Vachellia bellula (Drake) Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 293 (2015)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bellula Drake; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1302 (1897)

species :

Vachellia biaciculata (S.Watson) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 145 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco [I], Queretaro [I])

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia biaciculata S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 452 (1886)

= Acaciopsis biaciculata (S.Watson) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 96 (1928)

species :

Vachellia bidwillii (Benth.) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 234 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Burnett and Port Curtis districts of Queensland, but ranging as far N as Mt Carbine and with a W-disjunction in the Moum Isa area)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bidwillii Benth.; Linnaea 26: 629 (1853 publ. 1855)

= Acacia bidwillii var. polytricha Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 273 (1926)

= Acacia leptoclada var. polyphylla Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 2: 410 (1864)

species :

Vachellia bilimekii (J.F.Macbr.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 145 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Mexico State, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ambigua Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 31 (1903), nom. illeg.

= Acacia bilimekii J.F.Macbr.; Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 6 (1919)

= Acacia bilimekii var. robusta Miranda; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 12: 590, 610 (1941)

= Acacia sericocarpa Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 300 (1903)

= Acaciopsis bilimekii (J.F.Macbr.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 94 (1928)

species :

Vachellia bolei (R.P.Subhedar) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Nuytsia 24: 21 (2014)

Distribution: S-India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bolei R.P.Subhedar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 82(2): 440 (1985), nom. nov.

= Acacia wightii Baker ex Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 506 (1875)

= Vachellia wightii Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162: 177 (2014), nom. superfl.

species :

Vachellia borleae (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Name: Sticky Thorn

Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia barbertonensis Schweick.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 445 (1937)

= Acacia borleae Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 325 (1922)

species :

Vachellia brandegeeana (I.M.Johnst.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 146 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acaciopsis brandegeeana (I.M.Johnst.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 94 (1928)

= Acacia brandegeeana I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 75: 27 (1925)

species :

Vachellia bravoensis (Isely) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 146 (2006)

Name: Schaffner´s wattle

Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia schaffneri var. bravoensis Isely; Sida 3: 383 (1969)

species :

Vachellia bucheri (Vict.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 146 (2006)

Distribution: Cuba (Holguin, Guantanamo)

81 CUB

Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba) and endangered (IUCN)

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bucheri Vict.; Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 49: 57 (1944)

species :

Vachellia bullockii (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: NW-Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bullockii Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 77 (1957)

variant :

var. induta (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: NW-Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bullockii var. induta Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 78 (1957)

species :

Vachellia burttii (Baker f.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: W-Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia burttii Baker f. [J.Bot.71: 342 (1933)]

species :

Vachellia bussei (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; N-Tanzania

24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bussei Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exped. Kilimanjaro 1905-1906 8: 117 (1908)

species :

Vachellia caboverdeana (Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte) comb.ined.

Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.

21 CVI

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia caboverdeana Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte; Int. J. Geobot. Res. 7: 20 (2017)

species :

Vachellia californica (Brandegee) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 146 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo, Sonora, Yucatan)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia californica Brandegee; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 3: 1892. 221 (1893)

= Acacia pringlei subsp. californica (Brandegee) Y.S.Lee, Seigler & Ebinger; Syst. Bot. 14(1): 99 (1989)

= Acacia sonorensis Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 31 (1903)

= Acaciopsis californica (Brandegee) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 96 (1928)

= Acaciopsis sonorensis (Rose) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 95 (1928)

species :

Vachellia campechiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 147 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Honduras

79 MEX 80 HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia cochliacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1081 (1806)

= Acacia cymbacantha Zucc. ex Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 501 (1875)

= Acacia cymbispina Sprague & L.Riley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 395 (1923)

= Acacia milleriana Standl.; J. Arnold Arbor. 11: 29 (1930)

= Mimosa campechiana Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 20 (1768)

= Mimosa cochliacantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 78 (1810)

= Poponax attenuata Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 90 (1928)

= Poponax campechiana (Mill.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 90 (1928)

= Poponax cymbispina (Sprague & L.Riley) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 90 (1928)

form :

f. houghii (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 148 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Sinaloa to Chiapas, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Veracruz)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Poponax houghii Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 90 (1928)

= Acacia cochliacantha f. houghii (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger; Syst. Bot. 13: 14 (1988)

species :

Vachellia caurina (Barneby & Zanoni) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 148 (2006)

Distribution: NW-Haiti

81 HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia caurina Barneby & Zanoni; Moscosoa 5: 20 (1989)

species :

Vachellia caven (Molina) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 148 (2006)

Name: Churqui (ES), Espino [Chile]

Distribution: Galapagos; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Caaguazu, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Colonia, Durazno, Florida Prov., Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman); Chile (Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios)

83 BOL GAL 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia adenopa Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 206 (1833)

= Acacia aromatica Poepp. ex Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 502 (1875)

= Acacia caven (Molina) Molina; Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 163, 299 (1810)

= Acacia caven var. dehiscens Burkart ex Ciald.; Darwiniana 25: 76 (1984)

= Acacia caven var. macrocarpa Aronson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79(4): 965 (1992)

= Acacia caven var. microcarpa (Speg.) Burkart ex Ciald.; Darwiniana 25: 77 (1984)

= Acacia caven var. sphaerocarpa (Speg.) Burkart ex Aronson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 964 (1992)

= Acacia caven var. stenocarpa (Speg.) Burkart ex Ciald.; Darwiniana 25: 78 (1984)

= Acacia cavenia (Molina) Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 21 (1830) (nom. illeg.)

= Acacia farnesiana f. cavenia (Molina) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3: 47 (1898)

= Acacia farnesiana var. brachicarpa Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 156 (1891)

= Acacia farnesiana var. cavenia (Molina) Arechav.; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 436 (1896)

= Acacia ibirocayensis Marchiori; Ci. & Nat. (Santa Maria) 6: 104 (1984)

= Inga caven (Molina) Mérat & Lens; Dict. Univ. Matière Méd. 3: 606 (1831)

= Mimosa caven Molina; Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili 174 (1782)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. armata Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 289 (1923)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. brachypoda Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 301 (1923)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. cavenia (Molina) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 298 (1923)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. inermis Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 289 (1923)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. micrantha Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 301 (1923)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. microcarpa Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 301 (1923)

= Vachellia farnesiana f. stenocarpa Speg.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 301 (1923)

= Vachellia ibirocayensis (Marchiori) Deble & Marchiori; Balduinia 20: 31 (2010)

species :

Vachellia cernua (Thulin & A.S.Hassan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

Distribution: NE-Somalia

24 SOM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia cernua Thulin & Hassan; Nordic. J. Bot. 303 (1996)

species :

Vachellia chiapensis (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 150 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; ?Belize

79 MEX 80 GUA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia chiapensis Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 356 (1915)

species :

Vachellia choriophylla (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 150 (2006)

Name: Cinnecord (Bahamas), Alaba-alaba, Alava-alava, Frijolillo, Tamarindillo (Cuba)

Distribution: USA (Florida: Key Largo); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba

78 USA 81 BAH CUB TCI

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia choriophylla Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 495 (1842)

= Lucaya choriophylla (Benth.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 87 (1928)

species :

Vachellia clarksoniana (Pedley) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 234 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia clarksoniana Pedley; Austrobaileya 6(2): 184 (2002)

species :

Vachellia collinsii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 150 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; ?El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina)

79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM SWC

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia collinsii Saff.; Science, n. s. 31: 677

= Acacia costaricensis Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 361 (1913)

= Acacia glutea Ram.Goyena; Fl. Nicarag. 1: 382 (1911)

= Acacia nelsonii Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 363 (1914)

= Acacia panamensis Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 362 (1913)

= Acacia penonomensis Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 363 (1914)

= Acacia yucatanensis Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 361 (1913)

= Myrmecodendron collinsii (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 92 (1928)

= Myrmecodendron costaricense (Schenck) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

species :

Vachellia constricta (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 152 (2006)

Name: Mescat acacia (EN)

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia [I], Maryland [I]); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia constricta Benth.; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 1: 66 (1852)

= Acacia constricta var. paucispina Wooton & Standl.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 105 (1909)

= Acaciopsis constricta (Benth.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 96 (1928)

= Acaciopsis constricta var. paucispina (Wooton & Standl.) Moldenke; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 4: 15 (1937)

= Mimosa arcuata M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 310 (1843)

species :

Vachellia cookii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 153 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama

79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC PAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bucerophora B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 49: 502 (1913)

= Acacia cookii Saff.; Science, n. s. 31: 677

= Myrmecodendron cookii (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

species :

Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 153 (2006)

Name: Bullhorn wattle, Cuernecillo, Tarrito, Arbol del cuerno (Cuba), Acacia barriere, Acacia cornes a boeuf (Lesser Antilles)

Distribution: Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; India [c]; Java [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]

38 tai 40 ind pak 42 jaw 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC 81 cub gdl jam mar

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia campecheana Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 361 (1913)

= Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1080 (1806)

= Acacia cornigera var. americana DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 460 (1825)

= Acacia cubensis Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 360 (1913)

= Acacia furcella Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 359 (1914)

= Acacia hernandezii Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 358 (1914)

= Acacia interjecta Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 361 (1913)

= Acacia nicoyensis Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 360 (1913)

= Acacia rossiana Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 361 (1913)

= Acacia spadicigera Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 594 (1830)

= Acacia turgida Saff.; Bull. Musc. Comp. Zoology Harvard Coll. 90: pl. 45 (1942)

= Mimosa cornigera L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 520 (1753)

= Tauroceras cornigerum (L.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 86 (1928)

= Tauroceras spadicigerum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 85 (1928)

species :

Vachellia cucuyo (Barneby & Zanoni) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 155 (2006)

Name: Cucuyo (Dominican Republic)

Distribution: Dominican Republic (Sa. Martin Garcia)

81 HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia cucuyo Barneby & Zanoni; Moscosoa 5: 14 (1989)

species :

Vachellia cupeyensis (León) García-Beltrán; Cat. Plantas de Cuba 555 (2024)

Distribution: Cuba

81 CUB

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia cupeyensis León; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 8 (1950)

species :

Vachellia curvifructa (Burkart) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 155 (2006)

Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Santiago del Estero)

85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia curvifructa Burkart; Legum. Argent., ed. 2: 541 (1952)

species :

Vachellia daemon (Ekman & Urb.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 155 (2006)

Name: Abrojo, Erizo, Palo biajaca, Yamaquey (Cuba)

Distribution: Cuba

81 CUB

Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba) and endangered (IUCN)

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia daemon Ekman & Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 438 (1928)

= Feracacia daemon (Ekman & Urb.) Britton & León; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 86 (1928)

species :

Vachellia davyi (N.E.Br.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Name: Corky Thorn

Distribution: S-Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 BOT SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia davyi N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 161 (1908)

species :

Vachellia ditricha (Pedley) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 234 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Gibb River-Moum Barnett Stns area of the Kimberley region, Western Australia, from Mainoru Station S to Tanumbirina Station, Northern Territory, and Cape York Peninsula, Queensland)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ditricha Pedley; Austrobaileya 1(3): 307 (1979)

species :

Vachellia dolichocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia dolichocephala Harms; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 7: 86 (1898)

species :

Vachellia douglasica (Pedley) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 236 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia douglasica Pedley; Austrobaileya 6(2): 181 (2002)

species :

Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia drepanolobium Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exped. Kilimanjaro 1905-1906 8: 116 (1908)

= Acacia formicarum Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 362 (1914)

= Acacia lathouwersii Staner; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B, 55: 311 (1935)

species :

Vachellia dyeri (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia dyeri P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.; Trees S. Africa, ed. 3: 19 (2002)

species :

Vachellia eburnea (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

Distribution: Yemen (SW-Yemen, SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut); Pakistan (Sind, Salt Range, Pakistani Punjab); India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka

35 YEM 40 IND PAK SRL

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia campbellii Arn.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 333 (1836)

= Acacia eburnea (L.f.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 1081 (1806)

= Acacia minutifolia Ragup., A.Mahad. & Thoth.; Indian J. Forest. 14(1): 65 (1991) (non F. Muell.)

= Acacia pseudowightii Thoth.; Rheedea 2(1): 73 (1992) (nom. nov. for A. minutifolia)

= Acacia roxburghii Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 276 (1834)

= Crotalaria campbellii Arn. ex Baker; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 81 (1876)

= Eburnax spinalba Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 119 (1838)

= Mimosa chionacantha Raf.; Fl. Ludov. 99 (1817)

= Mimosa eburnea L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 437 (1782)

= Panthocarpa chionacantha (Raf.) Raf.; Neogenyton 2 (1825)

= Vachellia campbellii (Arn.) A.Deshp. & Maslin; Nordic J. Bot. 37(4)-e02047: 10 (2018)

= Vachellia pseudowightii (Thoth.) A.Deshp. & Maslin; Nordic J. Bot. 37(4)-e02047: 14 (2018)

= Vachellia pseudowightii (Thoth.) Kottaim.; Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(3): 38 (2019), isonym

species :

Vachellia ebutsiniorum (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ebutsiniorum P.J.H.Hurter; Bothalia 34(1): 42 (2004)

species :

Vachellia edgeworthii (T.Anderson) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; NE-Kenya; Yemen (Aden Desert)

24 ETH SOC SOM 25 KEN 35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia balfourii Woodrow; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 429 (1898)

= Acacia bricchettiana Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 396 (1915)

= Acacia edgeworthii T.Anderson; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 18 (1860)

= Acacia erioloba Edgew.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 16: 1215 (1847)

= Acacia erythraea Chiov.; Fl. Somala 163 (1929)

= Acacia gloveri Gilliland; Kew Bull. [6]: 139 (1951)

= Acacia humifusa Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 163 (1929), nom. illeg.

= Acacia pseudosocotrana Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 161 (1929)

= Acacia socotrana Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 511 (1882)

= Acacia sultani Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 162 (1929)

= Vachellia bricchettiana (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 511 (2013)

species :

Vachellia elatior (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. elatior

Distribution: Kenya; N-Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia elatior Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 94 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. turkanae (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya

24 SSU 25 KEN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia elatior subsp. turkanae Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 95 (1957)

species :

Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

Name: Camel Thorn

Distribution: S-Angola; S-Zambia; S-Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia erioloba E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 1: 171 (1836)

= Acacia giraffae Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 1054 (1809)

= Mimosa cameleopardalis Barrow; Voy. Cochinchina 388 (1806)

= Mimosa giraffae Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 529 (1817)

= Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 92(1): 94 (2010), isonym

species :

Vachellia erythrophloea (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: W-Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia erythrophloea Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 76 (1957)

species :

Vachellia etbaica (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. etbaica

Distribution: Egypt; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia

20 EGY 24 ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia etbaica Schweinf.; Linnaea 35: 330, t. 7, 8 (1867 publ. 1868)

subspecies :

subsp. australis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia etbaica subsp. australis Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 92 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. platycarpa (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH 25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia etbaica subsp. platycarpa Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 93 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. uncinata (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen)

20 EGY 24 ETH SOM 25 KEN UGA 35 OMA SAU YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia etbaica subsp. uncinata Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 91 (1957)

species :

Vachellia exuvialis (I.Verd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 512 (2013)

Name: Flaky Thorn

Distribution: S-Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)

26 ZIM 27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia exuvialis I.Verd.; Bothalia 6: 154 (1951)

species :

Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 272 (1834)

Name: Aroma, Cashia, Opoponax (Bahamas), Aroma, Aroma amarilla, Aroma de agujas, Aroma prieta, Aromo amarillo, Aromo oloroso, Cuji, Guichacho (Cuba), Aroma, Bayahonda, Cambron, Carambomba (Dominican Republic), Bayahonda carambomba (Haiti), Cassie flower (Jamaica), Acacia odorant, Acacia jaune, Sweet cassia, Zakasya (Lesser Antilles), Aroma (Puerto Rico), Casha (Virgin Isl.)

Distribution: Spain [I]; France [I]; Italy [I]; Sicily [I]; Greece [I]; Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Tunisia [I]; Libya [I]; Egypt [I]; Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I], Porto Santo Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Lanzarote [I], Fuerteventura [I], Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Sao Vicente Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Sal Isl. [I], Ilha da Boa Vista [I], Ilha de Maio [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I], Ilha Brava [I]); Gambia [I]; Guinea [I]; Ghana [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; São Tomé [I]; Equatorial Guinea [I]; Ethiopia; Uganda [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I] (Gauteng [I], KwaZulu-Natal [I]); Ascension Isl. [I]; Madagascar [I]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Îles Éparses] [I] (Juan de Nova Isl. [I]); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Agalega Isl. [I]; Seychelles [I]; East Aegaean Isl. [I] (incl. Rhodos [I]); Iran [I]; Lebanon [I]; Syria [I]; Israel [I]; Sinai peninsula [I]; Jordania [I]; United Arab Emirates [I]; China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Guizhou [I], Hainan [I], Henan [I], Sichuan [I], Yunnan [I], Zhejiang [I]); Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (Andhra Pradesh [I], Bihar [I], Chhattisgarh [I], Delhi [I], Jharkhand [I], Karnataka [I], Kerala [I], Madhya Pradesh [I], Maharashtra [I], Rajasthan [I], Tamil Nadu [I], West Bengal [I]); Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I] (South Andamans [I]); Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I] (Penang Isl. [I], Pahang [I], Selangor [I]); Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Cocos [Keeling] Isl. [I]; New Guinea [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Fiji [I]; Gilbert Isl. [I] (Tarawa [I], Nikunau [I]); Nauru [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Pou [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Agrihan [I], Saipan [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Hawaii [I] (Midway Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl. [I] (Isla Socorro [I]); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.; Anguilla; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Nariño, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Merida, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay (Canelones, Montevideo, Salto); Argentina (Chaco, Cordoba, Formosa, Misiones)

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Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia acicularis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 1056 (1809)

= Acacia adenocarpa Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1: 924 (1843)

= Acacia armata B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2564 (1830), nomen

= Acacia aurea Noronha ex Hoeven & de Vriese; Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 11: 128, 216 (1844)

= Acacia burmanniana DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 461 (1825)

= Acacia burmanniana var. triflora Hassk.; Flora 25(2)(1. Beibl.): 107 (1842)

= Acacia coriaria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5264B (1831), nomen

= Acacia cornigera var. indica DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 460 (1825)

= Acacia densiflora (Alexander) Cory; Rhodora 38: 406 (1936)

= Acacia edulis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 1056 (1809)

= Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1083 (1806)

= Acacia farnesiana f. pedunculata (Willd.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 47 (1898)

= Acacia farnesiana var. curvispina DC. ex Corrie; Miller´s Dict. Gard. 34 (1834)

= Acacia farnesiana var. heterocarpa Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 47 (1898)

= Acacia farnesiana var. lenticellata (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey; Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. 164 (1913)

= Acacia farnesiana var. pedunculata (Willd.) Corrie; Miller´s Dict. Gard. 34 (1834)

= Acacia ferox M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 312 (1843)

= Acacia guttata Hoffmanns.; Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 201, 125 (1824)

= Acacia indica Desv.; J. Bot. Agric. 3: 69 (1814)

= Acacia lenticellata F.Muell.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 147 (1859)

= Acacia minuta subsp. densiflora (Alexander ex Small) R.M.Beauch.; Phytologia 46(1): 7 (1980)

= Acacia parvifolia Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 7 (1840), nomen

= Acacia pedunculata Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1084 (1806)

= Acacia smallii Isely; Sida 3: 384 (1969)

= Farnesia odora Gasp.; Descr. Nuov. Gen. Leg., t. 1 (1838), nom. illeg.

= Mimosa acicularis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 529 (1817)

= Mimosa caesia Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 224 (1768), nom. illeg.

= Mimosa edulis Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 529 (1817)

= Mimosa farnesiana L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 521 (1753)

= Mimosa indica Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 266 (1806)

= Mimosa leptophylla Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 529 (1817)

= Mimosa pedunculata (Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 81 (1810)

= Mimosa scorpioides Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 77 (1775)

= Mimosa suaveolens Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 325 (1796) non Sm. 1791

= Mimosa tortuosa Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 224 (1768), nom. illeg.

= Pithecellobium acuminatum M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 38 (1933)

= Poponax farnesiana (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 118 (1838)

= Vachellia densiflora Alexander; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 655 (1933)

variant :

var. minuta (M.E.Jones) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 157 (2006)

Distribution: USA (California: San Diego Co.); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia farnesiana subsp. minuta (M.E.Jones) Ebinger, Seigler & H.D.Clarke; Southw. Naturalist 47(1): 90 (2002)

= Acacia minuta (M.E.Jones) R.M.Beauch.; Phytologia 46(1): 5 (1980)

= Pithecellobium minutum M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 38 (1935)

variant :

var. pinetorum (F.J.Herm.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 157 (2006)

Name: Pineland wattle

Distribution: USA (S-Florida, Florida Keys)

78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia farnesiana subsp. pinetorum (F.J.Herm.) Ebinger, Seigler & H.D.Clarke; Southw. Naturalist 47(1): 90 (2002)

= Acacia pinetorum F.J.Herm.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 38: 237 (1948)

= Vachellia insularis Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 655 (1933)

= Vachellia peninsularis Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 654 (1933)

species :

Vachellia fischeri (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia fischeri Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 365 (1914)

species :

Vachellia flava (Forssk.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria; Libya; Egypt (SE-Egypt, NE-Egypt, Desert Oases); Mauritania; Mali; Burkina Faso; N-Ivory Coast; Benin; Niger; Chad (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Iran (S-Iran); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Dahana, Asir, Nafud, Nejd); Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, W-Yemen: Tihama, W-Yemen)

20 ALG EGY LBY MOR 22 BEN BKN IVO MLI MTN NGR 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SSU SUD 34 IRN SIN 35 OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne; Getreue Darstell. Gew. 10, t. 29 (1827)

= Acacia ehrenbergii T.Nees; Pl. Officin. [Weihe et al.], t. 334 (1828)

= Acacia flava (Forssk.) Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4, App. 2, 214 (1896) (non Spreng. 1826)

= Mimosa flava Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 176 (1775) (syn. subst.)

species :

Vachellia gentlei (Standl.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 158 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan); N-Guatemala; Belize; Honduras

79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gentlei Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 77 (1940)

species :

Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

Name: Red Thorn

Distribution: Burkina Faso; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

22 BEN BKN NGA 23 CAF RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gerrardii Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 508 (1875)

= Acacia hebecladoides Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 208 (1905)

= Acacia subtomentosa De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 67 (1925)

variant :

var. calvescens (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gerrardii var. calvescens Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 370 (1957 publ. 1958)

variant :

var. latisiliqua (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Distribution: Angola

26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gerrardii var. latisiliqua Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 369 (1957 publ. 1958)

variant :

var. najdensis (Chaudhary) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

Distribution: Iraq (S-Iraq); Israel (Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert, S-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Kuwait; Yemen (N-Inner Yemen)

34 IRQ ISR JOR SIN 35 KUW SAU YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gerrardii subsp. negevensis Zohary; Israel J. Bot. 13: 39 (1965)

= Acacia gerrardii var. najdensis Chaudhary; Acacia & other Gen. Mimosoideae Saudi Arabia 28 (1983)

= Acacia iraqensis Rech.f.; Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 101: 16 (1964)

= Acacia pachyceras O.Schwartz; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 85 (1939) (if synonymy is confirmed, this name would have priority

= Acacia pachyceras var. najdensis (Chaudhary) Boulos; Kew Bull. 50(2): 336 (1995)

= Vachellia gerrardii subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

species :

Vachellia glandulifera (S.Watson) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 158 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia glandulifera S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 147 (1890)

= Poponax glandulifera (S.Watson) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 88 (1928)

species :

Vachellia globulifera (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 158 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras

79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia donnelliana Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 361 (1914)

= Acacia globulifera Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 360 (1914)

= Myrmecodendron donnellianum (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

= Myrmecodendron globuliferum (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

species :

Vachellia grandicornuta (Gerstner) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 92(1): 94 (2010)

Name: Horned Thorn

Distribution: S-Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Botswana; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia grandicornuta Gerstner; J. S. African Bot. 4: 55 (1938)

species :

Vachellia guanacastensis (H.D.Clarke, Seigler & Ebinger) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 159 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Venezuela [I]

79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA 82 ven

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia farnesiana var. guanacastensis H.D.Clarke, Seigler & Ebinger; Syst. Bot. 14(4): 562 (1989)

= Acacia guanacastensis (H.D.Clarke, Seigler & Ebinger) Ebinger, Seigler & H.D.Clarke; Syst. Bot. 25(4): 610 (2000)

species :

Vachellia gummifera (Willd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Distribution: Morocco

20 MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gummifera Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1056 (1806)

= Mimosa gummifera Brouss. ex Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 64 (1811)

species :

Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 92(1): 94 (2010)

Name: Grey Camel Thorn

Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 BOT NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia atomiphylla Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 341 (1822)

= Acacia haematoxylon Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 1056 (1809)

= Mimosa haematoxylon (Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 529 (1817)

species :

Vachellia harala (Thulin & Al-Gifri) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

Distribution: S-Yemen

35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia harala Thulin & Al-Gifri; Nordic J. Bot. 20(6): 691 (2000 publ. 2001)

species :

Vachellia harmandiana (Pierre) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 42 (2013)

Distribution: South Africa [I] (Cape Prov. [I]); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam

27 saf 41 CBD LAO THA VIE

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia harmandiana (Pierre) Gagnep.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 115 (1911)

= Acacia siamensis Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 393 (1927)

= Delaportea armata Thorel ex Gagnep.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 118 (1911)

= Pithecellobium harmandianum Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch., t. 394 A. (1899)

= Pithecellobium mekongense Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch., t. 396 B. (1899)

species :

Vachellia hebeclada (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. hebeclada

Name: Candle Thorn

Distribution: Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov.)

26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia hebeclada DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 73 (1813)

= Acacia hebeclada var. stolonifera (Burch.) Dinter

= Acacia stolonifera Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 2: 241 (1824)

= Mimosa hebeclada (DC.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 529 (1817)

subspecies :

subsp. chobiensis (O.B.Mill.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Name: River Candle Thorn

Distribution: S-Angola; S-Zambia; S-Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana

26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia hebeclada subsp. chobiensis (O.B.Mill.) A.Schreib.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 251 (1966)

= Acacia stolonifera var. chobiensis O.B.Mill.; J. S. African Bot. 18: 25 (1952)

subspecies :

subsp. tristis (A.Schreib.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Name: Weeping Candle Thorn

Distribution: Angola; Namibia

26 ANG 27 NAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia hebeclada subsp. tristis A.Schreib.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 251 (1966)

= Acacia tristis (A.Schreib.) Welw. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 349 (1871)

species :

Vachellia hindsii (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 159 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Yucatan); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bursaria Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 363 (1913)

= Acacia hindsii Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 504 (1842)

= Acacia sinaloensis Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 365 (1914)

= Acacia tepicana Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 366 (1914)

= Myrmecodendron hindsii (Benth.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 91 (1928)

species :

Vachellia hockii (De Wild.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 92(1): 94 (2010)

Distribution: Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; SW-Chad; ?Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique

22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO NGA TOG 23 CAF CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia atacorensis Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 465 (1937 publ. 1938)

= Acacia boboensis Aubrév.; Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 19: 484 (1939)

= Acacia chariensis A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 958 (1927 publ. 1928)

= Acacia flava var. atacorensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév.; Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin. 275 (1950)

= Acacia hockii De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 502 (1913)

= Acacia holstii Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 194 (1895)

= Acacia seyal var. multijuga Schweinf. ex Baker f.; Legum. Trop. Africa [E.G.Baker] 3: 844 (1930)

= Acacia stenocarpa var. chariensis (A.Chev.) Aubrév.; Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin. 275 (1950)

species :

Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. horrida

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Myanmar; Uruguay [I]; Chile [I] (Atacama [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I])

40 IND 41 MYA 85 cle uru

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia dumosa Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 274 (1834)

= Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1077 (1806)

= Acacia latronum (L.f.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1077 (1806)

= Acacia umbraculata Wight; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5245 (1831)

= Mimosa cornigera L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 438 (1782) non L. 1753

= Mimosa eburnea Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 507 (1875), nom. illeg.

= Mimosa horrida L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 521 (1753)

= Mimosa latronum L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 438 (1782)

= Mimosa leucacantha Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 75 (1798)

subspecies :

subsp. benadirensis (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 513 (2013)

Distribution: South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; ?Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; NE-Uganda; Kenya; N-Tanzania

24 DJI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia benadirensis (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 183 (1932)

= Acacia bussei var. benadirensis Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt; Ric. Idrogeol. Bot. Entomol. Somalia Ital. Merid. [Stefanini & Paoli] 1: 72 (1916)

= Acacia horrida subsp. benadirensis (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) Hillc. & Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 40 (1958)

= Acacia latronum subsp. benadirensis (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) Brenan; Kew Bull. [11]: 191 (1956)

species :

Vachellia hunteri (Oliv.) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

Distribution: Yemen

35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia hunteri Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1350 (1881)

species :

Vachellia hydaspica (J.R.Drumm. ex R.Parker) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

Distribution: Iran (S-Iran, SW-Iran); Pakistan (Peshawar, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Baluchistan); India (Punjab)

34 IRN 40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia hydaspica J.R.Drumm. ex Parker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 309 (1921)

= Vachellia hydaspica (J.R.Drumm. ex R.Parker) Ali; Pakistan J. Bot. 46(1): 3 (2014), isonym

species :

Vachellia inopinata (Prain) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 42 (2013)

Distribution: Myanmar (Mandalay, Shan)

41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia inopinata Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 507 (1897)

= Nimiria inopinata (Prain) Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 393, in obs. (1927)

species :

Vachellia insulae-jacobi (L.Riley) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 160 (2006)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia insulae-iacobi L.Riley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 220 (1925)

species :

Vachellia jacquemontii (Benth.) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

Distribution: Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind, Pakistani Punjab); India (Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand)

40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia jacquemontii Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 499 (1842)

= Vachellia jacquemontii (Benth.) Ali; Pakistan J. Bot. 46(1): 3 (2014), isonym

species :

Vachellia janzenii (Ebinger & Seigler) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 160 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia janzenii Ebinger & Seigler; Southw. Naturalist 32(2): 245 (1987)

species :

Vachellia johnwoodii (Boulos) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 176 (2014)

Distribution: Saudi Arabia; N-Yemen

35 SAU YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia abyssinica var. macroloba Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 212 (1896)

= Acacia johnwoodii Boulos; Kew Bull. 50(2): 327 (1995)

species :

Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso; Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149(1): 149 (2008)

Name: Sweet Thorn

Distribution: Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Baleares [I]; Corsica [I]; Sicily [I]; Greece [I]; Crete [I]; Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Tunisia [I]; Libya [I]; SW-Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; St. Helena [I]; Mauritius [I]; East Aegaean Isl. [c] (Rhodos [c]); Turkey [I]; India [I] (West Bengal [I]); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Bolivia [I]; Chile [I] (Tarapacá [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I])

12 bal cor por spa 13 grc kri sic 20 alg lby mor tun 26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 28 sth 29 mau 34 eai tur 40 ind 50 aus 83 bol 85 cle

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia capensis (Burm.f.) Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 195 (1822), nom. illeg.

= Acacia dekindtiana A.Chev.; Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 27: 509 (1947)

= Acacia hirtella E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 167 (1836)

= Acacia horrida var. transvaalensis Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 158 (1908)

= Acacia incomparabilis Gerstner; J. S. African Bot. 14: 24 (1948)

= Acacia karroo Hayne; Getreue Darstell. Gew. 10: t. 33 (1825), et Getreue Darstell. Gew. 10: tab. 33 (1827)

= Acacia karroo var. transvaalensis (Burtt Davy) Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 328 (1922)

= Acacia reticulata (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1056 (1806)

= Mimosa capensis Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 31 (1768)

= Mimosa reticulata L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 129 (1767)

species :

Vachellia kingii (Prain) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 42 (2013)

Distribution: Myanmar (Mandalay, Shan, Magway)

41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia kingii Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 506 (1897)

= Calliandra kingii Prain ex S.R.Paul & T.Husain; Feddes Repert. 97(11-12): 759 (1986)

species :

Vachellia kirkii (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Name: Flood-plains Thorn

Distribution: Guinea; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana

22 GUI 23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia harmsiana Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 80 (1917)

= Acacia kirkii Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 350 (1871)

= Acacia kirkii var. intermedia Brenan; Kew Bull. 12(3): 363 (1958)

= Acacia nilotica var. kirkii (Oliv.) Roberty

= Acacia verrucifera Harms; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 17 (1903)

variant :

var. mildbraedii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola

23 RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia kirkii subsp. mildbraedii (Harms) Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 364 (1957 publ. 1958)

= Acacia mildbraedii Harms; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 234 (1911)

= Acacia semlikiensis De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 64 (1925)

variant :

var. sublaevis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda

23 ZAI 25 UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia kirkii var. sublaevis Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 363 (1957 publ. 1958)

species :

Vachellia koltermanii R.G.García, M.M.Mejía & Seigler; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6(1): 45 (2012)

Distribution: Haiti

81 HIS

species :

Vachellia kosiensis (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

26 MOZ 27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia kosiensis P.P.Sw.; Trees S. Africa, ed. 3: 286 (2002)

species :

Vachellia lahai (Steud. & Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; NE-Uganda; Kenya; N-Tanzania; Yemen (W-Yemen)

24 ERI ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia fasciculata R.Br.; Voy. Abyss. [Salt], App. 4: lxv (1814), nom. illeg.

= Acacia lahai Steud. & Hochst. ex Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 506 (1842)

= Acacia saltiana Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 8 (1840)

species :

Vachellia lasiopetala (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Tanzania; Malawi; N-Mozambique

23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia lasiopetala Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 346 (1871)

species :

Vachellia latispina (J.E.Burrows & S.M.Burrows) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: Mozambique

26 MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia latispina J.E.Burrows & S.M.Burrows; Bothalia 39(2): 222 (2009)

species :

Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 42 (2013)

Distribution: Mauritius [I]; Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab); India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Kachin, Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay, Shan); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Timor)

29 mau 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia alba (Rottler) Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Suppl. [Willdenow] 68 (1809)

= Acacia arcuata Decne.; Herb. Timor. 133 (1834), nom. illeg.

= Acacia decaisnei Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 4 (1840)

= Acacia densa Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5262 (1831), nomen

= Acacia explanata Jungh. ex Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 9 (1855)

= Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1083 (1806)

= Acacia media Colla; Herb. Pedem. 2: 262 (1834)

= Acacia melanochaetes Zoll.; Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië 3: 80 (1846)

= Delaportea ferox Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99: 47 (1952)

= Delaportea microphylla Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99: 46 (1952)

= Mimosa alba Roxb. ex Rottler; Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 208 (1803), nom. illeg.

= Mimosa horrida Russell ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5261 E (1831), nomen

= Mimosa leucophloea Roxb.; Pl. Coromandel 2: 27, t. 150 (1799)

variant :

var. microcephala (Kurz) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 43 (2013)

Distribution: Myanmar

41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia leucophloea var. microcephala Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 297 (1877)

= Acacia microcephala Graham; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5263 (1831), nomen

species :

Vachellia leucospira (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: NE-Somalia

24 SOM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia leucospira Brenan; Kew Bull. 13: 407 (1959)

species :

Vachellia luederitzii (Engl.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Name: False Umbrella Thorn

Distribution: S-Zambia; W-Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia luederitzii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 23 (1889)

= Acacia goeringii Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 239 (1888)

variant :

var. retinens (Sim) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Name: Belly Thorn

Distribution: Angola; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 ANG 27 BOT SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gillettiae Burtt Davy; Man. Pl. Transvaal [Burtt Davy] 2, 17: 343 (1932)

= Acacia luederitzii var. retinens (Sim) R.Ross & Brenan; Kew Bull. 21: 72 (1967)

= Acacia retinens Sim; Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr. 57 (1909)

species :

Vachellia macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87: 160 (2005 publ. 2006)

Name: Stink casha, Wild tamarind, Tusca, Porknut, Guatapana (Cuba), Acacia, Aroma, Cambron, Cambrona, Carambomba (Dominican Republic), Carambouba (Haiti), Park nut (Jamaica), Acacia piquant, Acacia savane, Briar (Lesser Antilles), Tamarindo silvestre (Puerto Rico), Stink casa, Wild tamarind (Virgin Isl.)

Distribution: USA (Florida); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Yucatan); Honduras; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.; Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta); Colombia (Cundinamarca, Huila, Tolima); Isla Margarita; Guyana [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Chile [I] (Arica y Parinacota [I], Tarapacá [I])

78 USA 79 MEX 80 HON PAN 81 ABA AGU BAH BBD CUB GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STE STL STM STV TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM frg guy 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 85 cle

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia cowellii (Britton & Rose) León; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 8 (1950)

= Acacia flexuosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1082 (1806)

= Acacia flexuosa var. ambigua DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 463 (1825)

= Acacia flexuosa var. lasiocarpa Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 63 (1857)

= Acacia humboldtii Desv.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 60 (1825)

= Acacia lutea (Mill.) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 327 (1889)

= Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1080 (1806), nom. cons.

= Acacia macracantha var. glabra Kitan.; God. Sofiisk. Univ. Biol. Fak., 2, Bot. Mikrobiol. Fiziol. Biokhim. Rast. 66: 31 (1974)

= Acacia macracantha var. glabrescens Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 222 (1860)

= Acacia macracanthoides Bertero; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 463 (1825)

= Acacia microcephala Macfad.; Fl. Jamaica [Macfadyen] 1: 316 (1837)

= Acacia obtusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1087 (1806)

= Acacia pellacantha Vogel; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 19 (1843)

= Acacia platyacantha Schltdl.; Linnaea 12: 565 (1838)

= Acacia punctata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1084 (1806)

= Acacia subinermis Bertero ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 463 (1825)

= Mimosa atomaria Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 81 (1810)

= Mimosa flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 79 (1810)

= Mimosa lutea Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 17 (1768)

= Mimosa macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 78 (1810)

= Mimosa obtusa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 82 (1811)

= Mimosa pellacantha Meyen; Observ. Bot. [Meyen] 1: 445 (1843)

= Poponax cowellii Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 89 (1928)

= Poponax flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 35: 139 (1936)

= Poponax lutea (Mill.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 90 (1928)

= Poponax macacranthoides (Bertero) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 89 (1928)

= Poponax macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Killip; Caribbean Forest. 9: 241 (1948)

= Poponax macracanthoides (Bertero ex DC.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 89 (1928)

= Vachellia flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Forero & C.Romero; Estud. Legum. Colomb. 2: 186 (2009)

= Vachellia lutea (Mill.) Speg.; Bol. Acad. Ci. (Córdoba) 26: 301 (1924)

species :

Vachellia malacocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: W-Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia malacocephala Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 364 (1914)

species :

Vachellia mayana (Lundell) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 163 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; ?Belize

79 MEX 80 GUA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia mayana Lundell; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., No. 478 (Veg. Peten) 210 (1937)

species :

Vachellia mbuluensis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Distribution: N-Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia mbuluensis Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 79 (1957)

species :

Vachellia melanoceras (Beurl.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 163 (2006)

Distribution: Panama

80 PAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia melanoceras Beurl.; Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1853: 53 (1854)

= Acacia melanoceroides Beurl.; Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1853: 53 (1854)

= Acacia multiglandulosa Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 362 (1913)

= Myrmecodendron melanoceras (Beurl.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

species :

Vachellia myaingii (Lace) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 43 (2013)

Distribution: Myanmar (Mandalay, Shan)

41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia myaingii Lace; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 114 (1915)

species :

Vachellia myrmecophila (R.Vig.) Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 293 (2015)

Distribution: S-Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia myrmecophila R.Vig.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 334 (1949)

species :

Vachellia natalitia (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013)

Name: Natal Thorn

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia natalitia E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 167 (1836)

species :

Vachellia nebrownii (Burtt Davy) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 92(1): 95 (2010)

Name: Water Thorn

Distribution: Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo)

26 ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia glandulifera Schinz; Mém. Herb. Boissier 1: 111 (1893), nom. illeg.

= Acacia nebrownii Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 50 (1921)

= Acacia rogersii Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 331 (1922)

= Acacia walteri Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 8: 333 (1953), nom. illeg.

= Poponax glandulifera (Schinz) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 88 (1928)

species :

Vachellia negrii (Pic.Serm.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Saudi Arabia (Asir)

24 ETH 35 SAU

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia negrii Pic.Serm.; Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7, Ricerche Bot. Pt. 1, 55 (1951)

species :

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

subspecies :

subsp. nilotica

Name: Gum arabic tree (Bahamas), Acacia de Cayenne, Black piquant, Casha, Cassie (Lesser Antilles), Goma arabica, Goma de acacia (Puerto Rico), Amrad gum, Gum arabic tree (Virgin Isl.)

Distribution: Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Soqotra [I]; Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (Dahana); United Arab Emirates [I]; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Honduras [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Antigua [I]; Barbuda [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Grenadines [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Tobago [I]; Colombia [I]; Ecuador [I]; Galapagos [I]

20 EGY 22 BEN GAM MTN NGA NGR SEN 24 CHA ETH soc SUD 34 IRN SIN 35 OMA SAU uae YEM 80 hon 81 aba bah bbd cub gdl gre jam mar mts pue sba stl stv trt vir 82 clm 83 ecu gal

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arabica var. nilotica (L.) Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 500 (1842)

= Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 79 (1813)

= Acacia pseudoarabica Blume ex Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 8 (1855)

= Acacia scorpioides (L.) W.Wight; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 173 (1905)

= Acacia scorpioides subsp. nilotica (L.) Quézel & Santa; Nouv. Fl. Algér. 557 (1962) (comb. inval.)

= Acacia scorpioides var. nilotica (L.) A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 954 (1927)

= Acacia vera Garsault; Fig. Pl. Méd., t. 95 (1764), opus utique rej.

= Acacia vera Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 1085 (1806)

= Gumifera nilotica (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 118 (1838)

= Gumifera vera (Willd.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 118 (1838)

= Mimosa nilotica L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 521 (1753)

= Mimosa scorpioides L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 521 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. adstringens (Schumach.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: ?Libya; Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Malawi; Mauritius [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Iran; Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Pakistani Punjab, etc.); India (Gujarat, Maharashtra)

22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 24 CHA SSU SUD 26 MLW 29 mau rod 34 IRN 40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia adansonii Guill. & Perr.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 249 (1832)

= Acacia adstringens (Schumach.) Berhaut; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 102: 214 (1955), nom. illeg.

= Acacia albida var. adstringens (Schumach.) Baker f.

= Acacia arabica var. adansoniana Dubard; Acacias Tanin [Henry & Ammann] 8 (1913)

= Acacia arabica var. adansonii (Guill. & Perr.) A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 244 (1920)

= Acacia arabica var. adstringens (Schumach.) Baker f.; Legum. Trop. Africa [E.G.Baker] 3: 849 (1930)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. adansonii (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 85 (1957)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. adstringens (Schumach.) Roberty; Candollea 11. 50 (1948)

= Acacia nilotica var. adansoniana (Dubard) A.F.Hill; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 99 (1940)

= Acacia nilotica var. adansonii (Guill. & Perr.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 156 (1891)

= Acacia scorpioides subsp. adstringens (Schumach.) Quézel & Santa; Nouv. Fl. Algér. 557 (1962) (inval.)

= Acacia scorpioides var. adstringens (Schumach.) A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 954 (1927)

= Mimosa adstringens Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 327 (1827)

subspecies :

subsp. cupressiformis (J.L.Stewart) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 177 (2014)

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arabica var. cupressiformis J.L.Stewart; Punjab Pl. 51 (1869)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis (J.L.Stewart) Ali & Faruqi; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(3): 708 (1982 publ. 1983)

= Acacia nilotica var. cupressiformis (J.L.Stewart) Vajr. & Kamble; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 708 (1983)

= Vachellia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis (J.L.Stewart) Ali; Pakistan J. Bot. 46(1): 2 (2014), isonym

subspecies :

subsp. indica (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Egypt [I]; Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Sal Isl. [I], Ilha da Boa Vista [I], Ilha de Maio [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I]); São Tomé [I]; Sudan [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Pakistan (Jhelum, Lahore, etc.); India (almost throughout); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andamans); Myanmar (Magway, Mandalay); Vietnam [I]; Java; Australia [I] (Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I]); New Caledonia [I]

20 egy 21 cvi 23 sao 24 eth sud 25 tan 26 ang 40 BAN IND PAK srl 41 AND MYA vie 42 JAW 50 aus 60 nwc

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arabica var. indica Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 500 (1842)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. hemisphaerica Ali & Faruqi; Pakistan J. Bot. 1: 4 (1969)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 84 (1957)

= Acacia nilotica var. indica (Benth.) A.F.Hill; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 99 (1940)

= Vachellia nilotica subsp. hemispherica (Ali & Faruqi) Ali; Pakistan J. Bot. 46(1): 2 (2014), isonym

= Vachellia nilotica subsp. hemispherica (Ali & Faruqi) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 177 (2014)

subspecies :

subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Angola; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; India (Gujarat)

26 ANG 27 NAM SAF SWZ 40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arabica var. kraussiana Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 500 (1842)

= Acacia benthamii Rochebr.; Toxicol. Afr. 2: 192 (1898), nom. illeg.

= Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana (Benth.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 84 (1957)

= Acacia nilotica var. kraussiana (Benth.) A.F.Hill; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 99 (1940)

subspecies :

subsp. leiocarpa (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia nilotica subsp. leiocarpa Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 84 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. subulata (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Madagascar [I]; Pakistan (Karachi); India (Gujarat, Maharashtra)

24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 29 mdg 40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arabica var. vediana T.Cooke; Fl. Bombay 1: 444 (1903)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. subulata (Vatke) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 85 (1957)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. vediana (Cooke) Vajr. & Kamble; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(3): 708 (1982 publ. 1983)

= Acacia subulata Vatke; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 30: 276 (1880)

= Acacia teitensis Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas A: (1895) 49 nomen

subspecies :

subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: ?Morocco; Algeria; Libya; Egypt; Mauritania; Senegal; Ghana; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; ?Angola; Malawi; India (Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan)

20 ALG EGY LBY 22 GHA MTN NGA SEN 23 CAF 24 CHA DJI ETH SUD 26 MLW 40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 1085 (1806)

= Acacia arabica var. tomentosa Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 500 (1842)

= Acacia nebneb Adans.; Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Paris) 1773: 4 (1773)

= Acacia nilotica subsp. tomentosa (Benth.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 84 (1957)

= Acacia nilotica var. tomentosa (Benth.) A.F.Hill; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 98 (1940)

= Acacia scorpioides var. pubescens A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 954 (1927)

= Gumifera arabica (Lam.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 118 (1838)

= Mimosa arabica Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 19 (1783)

species :

Vachellia oerfota (Forssk.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); NE-Chad (Ennedi); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Iran (S-Iran); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); India (Rajasthan)

20 EGY 24 CHA DJI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 34 IRN 35 SAU YEM 40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia aucheri Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 499 (1842)

= Acacia gorinii Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 194 (1932)

= Acacia merkeri Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 208 (1905)

= Acacia nubica Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 498 (1842)

= Acacia nubica var. erythraea Schweinf.; Linnaea 35: 338 (1868)

= Acacia oerfota (Forssk.) Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4, app. 2: 213 (1896)

= Acacia pterygocarpa Hochst. ex Benth.; London J. Bot. 5: 96 (1846)

= Mimosa oerfota Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 177 (1775)

= Vachellia nubica (Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

variant :

var. brevifolia (Boulos) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra; Saudi Arabia; Oman; N-Yemen; S-Yemen

24 SOC SOM 35 OMA SAU YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia oerfota var. brevifolia Boulos; Kew Bull. 50(2): 334 (1995)

= Acacia sarcophylla Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 161 (1929)

species :

Vachellia origena (Hunde) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Yemen (N-Inner Yemen)

24 ETH 35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia origena Hunde; Nordic. J. Bot. 2: 337, f. 1 (1982)

species :

Vachellia ormocarpoides (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 515 (2013)

Distribution: South Africa (Northern Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ormocarpoides P.J.H.Hurter; Bothalia 35(2): 167 (2005)

species :

Vachellia oviedoensis (R.G.García & M.M.Mejía) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 163 (2006)

Distribution: Dominican Republic

81 HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia oviedoensis R.G.García & M.M.Mejia; Moscosoa 11: 7 (2000)

species :

Vachellia pacensis (Rudd & A.M.Carter) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 164 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pacensis Rudd & A.M.Carter; Madroño 30(3): 177 (1983)

species :

Vachellia pachyphloia (W.Fitzg.) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 236 (2006)

subspecies :

subsp. pachyphloia

Distribution: Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pachyphloia Maiden & W.Fitzg. ex Maiden; J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New S. Wales 51: 116 (1917)

subspecies :

subsp. brevipinnula (Tindale & Kodela) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 236 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (N-Western Australia: Prince Regent R. Reserve N to Port Warrender and Cape Londonderry, Mitchell Plateau)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pachyphloia subsp. brevipinnula Tindale & Kodela; Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(3): 314 (1996)

species :

Vachellia pallidifolia (Tindale) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 236 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory: S from near Darwin to the Victoria R. region)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia bidwillii var. major Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 2: 421 (1864)

= Acacia pallida F.Muell.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 147 (1859), nom. illeg.

= Acacia pallidifolia Tindale; Telopea 1(1): 82 (1975). nom. nov.

species :

Vachellia paolii (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. paolii

Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya

24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia paolii Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 395 (1915)

subspecies :

subsp. paucijuga (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Distribution: Kenya

25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia paolii subsp. paucijuga Brenan; Kew Bull. 17: 165 (1963)

species :

Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 164 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Colombia (Cauca, Valle); Ecuador

79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC 82 CLM 83 ECU

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia canescens (Britton) García-Barr. & Forero; Cat. Il. Pl. Cundinamarca 3: 19 (1969), nom. illeg.

= Acacia cundinamarcensis R.P.Subhedar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 86(2): 271 (1989)

= Acacia lanata M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 315 (1843)

= Acacia pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 390 (1842)

= Inga pennatula Schltdl. & Cham.; Linnaea 5: 593 (1830)

= Pithecellobium minutissimum M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 38 (1935)

= Poponax canescens Britton ex Britton & Killip; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 35: 139 (1936)

= Poponax pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 88 (1928)

variant :

var. parvicephala (Seigler & Ebinger) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 164 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Yucatan); El Salvador; Honduras

79 MEX 80 ELS HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pennatula subsp. parvicephala Seigler & Ebinger; Syst. Bot. 13(1): 12 (1988)

species :

Vachellia pennivenia (Balf.f.) F.L.Anderson & Knees; Edinburgh J. Bot. 76(3): 314 (2019)

Distribution: Soqotra

24 SOC

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pennivenia Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 404 (1884)

species :

Vachellia permixta (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 515 (2013)

Name: Slender Thorn

Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov.)

26 ZIM 27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia permixta Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 330 (1922)

species :

Vachellia pilispina (Pic.Serm.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique

23 ZAI 24 ETH 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pilispina Pic.Serm.; Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7: Ricerche Bot., Pt. 1, 205 (1951)

species :

Vachellia planifrons (Wight & Arn.) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 177 (2014)

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia planifrons Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 276 (1834)

= Mimosa caesia Russell ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 5264 C (1831), nomen

= Mimosa eburnea Roxb.; Pl. Coromandel 2: 54, t. 199 (1805), non L.f. 1782

= Mimosa horrida Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 23 (1813), non L., 1753.

= Mimosa planifrons J.Koenig ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 276 (1834)

= Mimosa umbrifera Banks ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 276 (1834)

species :

Vachellia polypyrigenes (Greenm.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 165 (2006)

Name: Aroma de costa, Brasil, Platanillo, Platanillo Brasil (Cuba)

Distribution: Cuba

81 CUB

Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia curbeloi León; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 10: 241 (1951)

= Acacia polypyrigenes Greenm. ex Combs; Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 419 (1897)

= Poponax polypyrigenes (Greenm.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 89 (1928)

species :

Vachellia prasinata (Hunde) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia

24 ETH

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia prasinata Hunde; Nordic J. Bot. 2(4): 341 (1982)

species :

Vachellia pringlei (Rose) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 165 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia californica subsp. pringlei (Rose) L.Rico; Checkl. Syn. Amer. Sp. Acacia 57 (2007)

= Acacia conzattii Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 186 (1919)

= Acacia pringlei Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 316 (1895)

= Acacia sesquijuga (Britton & Rose) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 309 (1929)

= Acacia unijuga Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 32 (1903)

= Acaciopsis conzattii (Standl.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 95 (1928)

= Acaciopsis pringlei (Rose) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 95 (1928)

= Acaciopsis sesquijuga Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 95 (1928)

= Acaciopsis unijuga (Rose) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 95 (1928)

species :

Vachellia pseudoeburnea (J.R.Drumm. ex Dunn) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 177 (2014)

Distribution: India (Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pseudoeburnea J.R.Drumm. ex Dunn; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 185 (1922)

species :

Vachellia pseudofistula (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia pseudofistula Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 363 (1914)

species :

Vachellia qandalensis (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Somalia

24 SOM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia qandalensis Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 18(5): 513 (1998)

species :

Vachellia quintanilhae (Torre) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Angola

26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia quintanilhae Torre; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 36: 1 (1962)

species :

Vachellia quiterajoensis (Timberlake & Lötter) comb.ined.

Distribution: Mozambique

26 MOZ

Remarks: genus tentative

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia quiterajoensis Timberlake & Lötter; Trees Shrubs Mozambique 1041 (2018)

species :

Vachellia reficiens (Wawra & Peyr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. reficiens

Name: Red Umbrella Thorn

Distribution: Angola; Namibia

26 ANG 27 NAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia reficiens Wawra & Peyr.; Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 555 (1860)

subspecies :

subsp. misera (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya

24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia misera Vatke; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 30: 275 (1880)

= Acacia reficiens subsp. misera (Vatke) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 90 (1957)

= Acacia stefaninii Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 395 (1915)

species :

Vachellia rehmanniana (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Name: Silky Thorn

Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo)

26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia rehmanniana Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 525 (1898)

= Acacia sieberiana var. rehmanniana (Schinz) Roberty; Candollea 11: 142 (1948)

species :

Vachellia rigidula (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 166 (2006)

Name: Blackbrush acacia

Distribution: USA (S-Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia amentacea DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 455 (1825)

= Acacia rigidula Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 504 (1842)

= Acaciopsis amentacea (DC.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 95 (1928)

= Acaciopsis rigidula (Benth.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 94 (1928)

species :

Vachellia robbertsii (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013) (´robbertsei´)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia robbertsii P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.; Trees S. Africa, ed. 3: 19 (2002)

species :

Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. robusta

Name: Ankle Thorn

Distribution: Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)

26 ZIM 27 BOT SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia robusta Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 2: 442 (1824)

subspecies :

subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Name: Black Thorn

Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia clavigera E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 168 (1836)

= Acacia robusta subsp. clavigera (E.Mey.) Brenan; Fl. Zambes. 3(1): 104 (1970)

= Acacia sambesiaca Schinz; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 416 (1908)

subspecies :

subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique

24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia clavigera subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 369 (1957)

= Acacia robusta subsp. usambarensis (Taub.) Brenan; Fl. Zambes. 3(1): 104 (1970)

= Acacia sacleuxii A.Chev.; Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 27: 509 (1947)

= Acacia usambarensis Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 195 (1895)

species :

Vachellia roigii (León) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 166 (2006)

Name: Erizo (Cuba)

Distribution: Cuba (Las Tunas)

81 CUB

Conservation Status: endangered (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba) and IUCN CR

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia roigii León; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 7 (1950)

species :

Vachellia rorudiana (Christoph.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 166 (2006)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia rorudiana Christoph.; Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 70: 76 (1932)

species :

Vachellia ruddiae (D.H.Janzen) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 166 (2006)

Distribution: Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama

80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ruddiae Janzen; Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 1334 (1974)

species :

Vachellia schaffneri (S.Watson) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 167 (2006)

Name: Schaffner´s wattle

Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia schaffneri (S.Watson) F.J.Herm.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 38: 236 (1948)

= Acacia subtortuosa Shafer; N. Amer. Trees 524 (1918)

= Pithecellobium schaffneri S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 352 (1881 publ. 1882)

= Poponax schaffneri (S.Watson) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 89 (1928)

= Samanea schaffneri (S.Watson) J.F.Macbr.; Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 2 (1919)

species :

Vachellia schottii (Torr.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 167 (2006)

Name: Schott´s wattle (EN)

Distribution: USA (Texas: Brewster Co., Presidio Co.); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia schottii Torr.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 62 (1859)

= Acaciopsis schottii (Torr.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 96 (1928)

species :

Vachellia sekhukhuniensis (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: South Africa (Northern Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia sekhukhuniensis P.J.H.Hurter; Bothalia 34(2): 109 (2004)

species :

Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.Hurter; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

Distribution: S-Algeria; Egypt (Nile Valley); ?Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir, Nejd Desert); Yemen (Aden Desert, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan [I]; India [c]

20 ALG EGY 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CMN 24 CHA DJI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM 35 SAU YEM 40 ind pak

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia flava var. seyal (Delile) Roberty

= Acacia giraffa Sieber ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 5 (1840)

= Acacia giraffae Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 238 (1847)

= Acacia seyal Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 286 (1814)

= Acacia seyal var. kassonionga De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 65 (1925)

= Acacia seyal var. lescrauwaetii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 128 (1907)

= Acacia seyal var. seretii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 128 (1907)

= Acacia stenocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 238 (1847)

= Mimosa seyal (Delile) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 472 (1825)

variant :

var. fistula (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Zambia; Mozambique

24 ETH SOM SSU SUD 26 MOZ ZAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia fistula Schweinf.; Linnaea 35: 344 (1867 publ. 1868)

= Acacia robecchii Pirotta; Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1893: 61 (1893)

= Acacia senegal var. fistula (Schweinf.) Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 351 (1871)

= Acacia seyal f. fistula (Schweinf.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXIII (1969), with incorrect basionym.

= Acacia seyal var. fistula (Schweinf.) Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 351 (1871)

species :

Vachellia siamensis (Craib) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 43 (2013)

Distribution: Thailand

41 THA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia craibii I.C.Nielsen; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 344 (1980), nom. nov.

= Nimiria siamensis Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 393 (1927)

species :

Vachellia sieberiana (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 516 (2013)

Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; Oman (Dhofar)

22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB IVO NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZIM 27 BOT 35 OMA

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia blommaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 58 (1925)

= Acacia purpurascens Vatke; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 30: 277 (1880)

= Acacia sieberiana DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 463 (1825)

= Acacia sieberiana var. sing (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty; Candollea 11: 142 (1948)

= Acacia sing Guill. & Perr.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 251 (1832)

= Prosopis dubia Gaill. & Perr.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 242 (1832)

= Vachellia sieberiana (DC.) Ali; Pakistan J. Bot. 46(1): 3 (2014), isonym

variant :

var. villosa (A.Chev.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Ivory Coast; Togo; Niger; Central African Republic; Sudan; Sudan

22 IVO MLI NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF 24 SUD

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia sieberiana var. villosa A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 959 (1927)

= Acacia verugera Schweinf.; Linnaea 35: 340 (1868)

variant :

var. woodii (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Name: Paperbark Thorn

Distribution: Senegal; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; etc.

22 SEN 24 ETH SSU SUD 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia amboensis Schinz; Mém. Herb. Boissier 1: 105 (1901)

= Acacia katangensis De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 502 (1913)

= Acacia monga De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 62 (1925)

= Acacia nefasia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 209 (1896)

= Acacia sieberiana f. nefasia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Roberty; Candollea 11: 142 (1948)

= Acacia sieberiana var. kagerensis Troupin; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 45: 233 (1975)

= Acacia sieberiana var. orientalis Troupin; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 35: 454 (1965)

= Acacia sieberiana var. vermoesenii (De Wild.) Keay & Brenan; Kew Bull. [5]: 364 (1951)

= Acacia sieberiana var. woodii (Burtt Davy) Keay & Brenan; Kew Bull. [6]: 364 (1951)

= Acacia vermoesenii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 68 (1925)

= Acacia woodii Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 332 (1922)

= Albizia nefasia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2: 457 (1852)

= Inga nefasia Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 237 (1847)

species :

Vachellia sphaerocephala (Cham. & Schltdl.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 167 (2006)

Name: Bee wattle

Distribution: Pakistan [I]; India [c]; Vietnam [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Honduras; Trinidad & Tobago [I]

40 ind pak 41 vie 78 usa 79 MEX 80 HON 81 trt

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia dolichocephala Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 355 (1915), nom. illeg.

= Acacia sphaerocephala Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 594 (1830)

= Acacia veracruzensis Schenck; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 362 (1913)

species :

Vachellia stuhlmannii (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Name: Vlei Thorn

Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo)

24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 ZIM 27 BOT SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia stuhlmannii Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 194 (1895)

species :

Vachellia suberosa (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 240 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (N-Western Australia: Kimberley region, Northern Territory: NE of Oenpelli Mission)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia suberosa A.Cunn. ex Benth.; London J. Bot. 1: 499 (1842)

species :

Vachellia sutherlandii (F.Muell.) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 240 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Gulf of Carpentaria country from Kilgour R. area S to Rockhampton Downs and Alroy Downs Stns, N of Barkly Hwy, Northern Territory, and near Burketown S to Aramac-Longreach area, Queensland)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia melaleucoides F.M.Bailey; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 5: 121 ex eod. Syn. Queensl. Fl. Suppl. 3: 23 (1890)

= Acacia sutherlandii (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Icon. Austral. Acacia, Dec. 12: t. 8 (1888)

= Albizia sutherlandii F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 6: 22 (1867)

species :

Vachellia swazica (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Name: Swazi Thorn

Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia swazica Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 332 (1922)

species :

Vachellia tenuispina (I.Verd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Distribution: Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng)

27 BOT SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia permixta var. glabra Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 330 (1922)

= Acacia tenuispina I.Verd.; Bothalia 6: 156 (1951)

species :

Vachellia tephrophylla (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Distribution: Somalia

24 SOM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia tephrophylla Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 18(5): 515 (1998)

species :

Vachellia theronii (P.P.Sw.) Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 293 (2015)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia theronii P.P.Sw.; Bothalia 33(2): 164 (2003), nom. nov.

= Acacia montana P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.; Trees S. Africa, ed. 3: 19 (2002), homonym

= Vachellia montana Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 514 (2013), nom. superfl.

species :

Vachellia tomentosa (Rottler) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Blumea 58(1): 43 (2013)

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Sulawesi; Java (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumba, Sumbawa)

40 BAN IND SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI SUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia chrysocoma Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 6 (1858)

= Acacia tomentosa (Rottler) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 1087 (1806)

= Acacia tomentosa var. chrysocoma (Miq.) Backer

= Mimosa cavaty-tooma Roxb. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 462 (1825)

= Mimosa kleinii Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 82 (1810)

= Mimosa tomentosa (Rottler ex Willd.) Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 41 (1814), nomen

= Mimosa tomentosa Rottler; Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 208 (1803)

species :

Vachellia torrei (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 517 (2013)

Distribution: Mozambique

26 MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia torrei Brenan; Kew Bull. 21: 480 (1968)

species :

Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

subspecies :

subsp. tortilis

Name: Umbrella Thorn

Distribution: Egypt (Nile Valley, NE-Egypt, SE-Egypt); Sudan; Somalia; ?Soqotra; Iran (S-Iran); Israel (Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai, C-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Nejd Desert, Asir); Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan [I]; India [I] (Gujarat [I], Rajasthan [I])

20 EGY 24 SOM SUD 34 IRN ISR SIN 35 OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 ind pak

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia perrottetii Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 7 (1840)

= Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne; Getreue Darstell. Gew. 10: tab. 31 (1827)

= Mimosa tortilis Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 176 (1775)

= Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi; Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149(1): 150 (2008), isonym

subspecies :

subsp. campoptila (Schweinf.) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 177 (2014)

Distribution: Yemen (SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut)

35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia tortilis subsp. campoptila (Schweinf.) Boulos; Kew Bull. 50(2): 336 (1995)

= Acacia campoptila Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4, app. 2: 208 (1896)

subspecies :

subsp. heteracantha (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Distribution: Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia heteracantha Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 389 (1822)

= Acacia litakunensis Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 2: 452 (1824)

= Acacia maras Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 24 (1888)

= Acacia spirocarpoides Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 23 (1888)

= Acacia tortilis subsp. heteracantha (Burch.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 88 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. raddiana (Savi) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Nile Delta, Nile Valley, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Nigeria; Chad (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; ?South Sudan; Somalia; Kenya; Madagascar [I]; Iran (S-Iran); Israel (C-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir, Nejd Desert)

20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 22 BKN MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 24 CHA SOM SUD 25 KEN 29 mdg 34 IRN ISR JOR SIN 35 SAU

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia fasciculata Guill. & Perr.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 252 (1832), nom. illeg.

= Acacia raddiana Savi; Acacie Egiz. 1 (1830)

= Acacia tortilis f. raddiana (Savi) Roberty; Candollea 11: 143 (1948)

= Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana (Savi) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 87 (1957)

= Acacia tortilis var. flava Nongon.; Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 38(3): 598, 642 (1976 publ. 1977)

= Acacia tortilis var. pubescens A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 960 (1927)

= Acacia tortilis var. raddiana (Savi) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 87 (1957)

= Vachellia tortilis var. pubescens (A.Chev.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 517 (2013)

subspecies :

subsp. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 517 (2013)

Name: Hairy Umbrella Thorn

Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana

24 DJI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia gummifera (Forssk.) Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 2: 79 (1813), nom. illeg.

= Acacia pappii Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 458 (1913)

= Acacia spirocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 239 (1847)

= Acacia spirocarpa var. major Schweinf.; Linnaea 35: 323 (1867)

= Acacia spirocarpa var. minor Schweinf.; Linnaea 35: 323 (1867)

= Acacia tortilis f. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Roberty; Candollea 11: 144 (1948)

= Acacia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 88 (1957)

= Acacia tortilis var. crinita Chiov.; Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 71 (1916)

= Acacia tortilis var. spirocarpa Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 88 (1957)

= Mimosa gummifera Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. cxxiv (1775)

= Vachellia tortilis var. crinita (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 517 (2013)

species :

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

Name: Acacia, Carambola, Carambouba (Dominican Republic), Bayahonde rouge (Haiti), Wild poponax (Jamaica), Alabama cossy, Cossie, Pompons jaunes (Lesser Antilles), Casia (Puerto Rico), Twisted acacia (Virgin Isl.)

Distribution: USA [I] (Florida [I]); Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Barbados; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Casanare, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Nueva Esparta, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Galapagos

78 usa 81 ABA ARU BAH BBD BON CUB CUR GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SBA STE VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU GAL

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia albescens Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 3 (1840)

= Acacia albida Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1317 (1830), nom. illeg.

= Acacia leucacantha Bertero ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 144 (1826)

= Acacia seifriziana León; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 8 (1950)

= Acacia tortuosa (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 1083 (1806)

= Acacia tortuosa var. glabrior Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 229 (1847)

= Acacia virescens DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 74 (1813)

= Mimosa salinarum Rohr ex Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 501 (1875)

= Mimosa tortuosa L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1312 (1759)

= Mimosa virescens (DC.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 530 (1817)

= Poponax tortuosa (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 118 (1838)

= Poponax venosa Britton; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 35: 139 (1936)

= Prosopis microphylla Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 308 (1824)

species :

Vachellia turbata (Pedley) Pedley; Austrobaileya 9(2): 314 (2014)

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia turbata Pedley; Austrobaileya 6(2): 180 (2002)

species :

Vachellia turnbulliana (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 518 (2013)

Distribution: Somalia; Kenya

24 SOM 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia turnbulliana Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 370 (1958)

species :

Vachellia valida (Tindale & Kodela) Kodela; Telopea 11(2): 240 (2006)

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory from the Tanami Tin Fields area N to Darwin, and Kimberley region of Western Australia)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia valida Tindale & Kodela; Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(3): 307 (1996)

species :

Vachellia vernicosa (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 169 (2006)

Name: Viscid acacia

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia constricta var. vernicosa (Standl.) L.D.Benson; Amer. J. Bot. 30: 238 (1943)

= Acacia neovernicosa Isely; Sida 3: 380 (1969)

= Acacia vernicosa Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 187 (1919), non Fitzg.

= Acaciopsis vernicosa (Standl.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 96 (1928)

species :

Vachellia viguieri (Villiers & Du Puy) Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 293 (2015)

Distribution: S-Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia viguieri Villiers & Du Puy; Legum. Madagascar [J.M. Bosser et al.] 242 (2002)

species :

Vachellia villaregalis (McVaugh) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 169 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia villaregalis McVaugh; Fl. Novo-Galiciana 5: 141 (1987)

species :

Vachellia walwalensis (Gilliland) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 518 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia

24 ETH

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia walwalensis Gilliland; Kew Bull. [6]: 140 (1951)

species :

Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter; Mabberley´s Pl.-Book 1021 (2008)

Name: Fever Tree

Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia songwensis Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 317 (1901)

= Acacia xanthophloea Benth.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 511 (1875)

= Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso; Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 149(1): 150 (2008)

species :

Vachellia yemenensis (Boulos) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin; Phytotaxa 162(3): 178 (2014)

Distribution: N-Yemen; S-Yemen

35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia yemenensis Boulos; Kew Bull. 50(2): 330 (1995)

= Acacia yemenensis subsp. obtusifoliolata Boulos; Kew Bull. 50(2): 333 (1995)

species :

Vachellia zanzibarica (S.Moore) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 518 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia leucacantha Vatke; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 30: 276 (1880)

= Acacia sennii Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 200 (1932)

= Acacia zanzibarica (S.Moore) Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 195 (1895)

= Pithecellobium zanzibaricum S.Moore; J. Bot. 15: 292 (1877)

variant :

var. microphylla (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172(4): 518 (2013)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya

24 ETH SOM 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia zanzibarica var. microphylla Brenan; Kew Bull. [12]: 75 (1957)

species :

Vachellia zapatensis (Urb. & Ekman) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 170 (2006)

Distribution: Cuba (Matanzas)

81 CUB

Conservation Status: endangered (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba) and endangered (IUCN)

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia zapatensis Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 30 (1929)

species :

Vachellia ×cedilloi (L.Rico) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 150 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatan)

79 MEX

Remarks: V. cornigera x V. globulifera

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ×cedilloi M.de Lourdes Rico Arce; Acta Bot. Mex. 26: 7 (1994)

species :

Vachellia ×gladiata (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 158 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico

79 MEX

Remarks: V. campeachiana x V. hindsii

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ×gladiata Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 359 (1915)

= Myrmecodendron ×gladiatum (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 92 (1928)

species :

Vachellia ×ruthvenii Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 97(3): 172 (2015)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Remarks: V. bravoensis x V. rigidula

species :

Vachellia ×standleyi (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 87(3): 168 (2006)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca); Guatemala

79 MEX 80 GUA

Remarks: V. hindsii x V. pennatula

Synonyms: hidden

= Acacia ×hirtipes Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 367 (1914)

= Acacia ×standleyi Saff.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 367 (1914)

= Myrmecodendron ×hirtipes (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 92 (1928)

= Myrmecodendron ×oaxacanum Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

= Myrmecodendron ×standleyi (Saff.) Britton & Rose; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 93 (1928)

species :

Vachellia ×ziggyi Seigler & Ebinger; Phytologia 95(4): 298 (2013), et 97(3): 224 (2015) et 97(4): 292 (2015), pro spec.

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)

79 MEX

Remarks: V. collinsii x V. pennatula

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 25.10 (Oct. 12th, 2025)

Covering 357,450 accepted species,8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,in total 1,419,285* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 357,450 accepted species,
8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,
**in total 1,419,285* names**

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]