Vachellia

Come leggere il tassobox Vachellia
Vachellia nilotica
Classificazione APG IV
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
(clade)	Angiosperme
(clade)	Mesangiosperme
(clade)	Eudicotiledoni
(clade)	Eudicotiledoni centrali
(clade)	Superrosidi
(clade)	Rosidi
(clade)	Eurosidi
(clade)	Fabidi
Ordine	Fabales
Famiglia	Fabaceae
Sottofamiglia	Caesalpinioideae
(clade)	Mimosoide
Genere	Vachellia Wight & Arn., 1834
Classificazione Cronquist
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
Divisione	Magnoliophyta
Classe	Magnoliopsida
Ordine	Fabales
Famiglia	Mimosaceae
Genere	Vachellia
Specie
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Vachellia Wight & Arn., 1834 è un genere di piante angiosperme della famiglia delle Fabacee che comprende oltre 150 specie.^[1]

Il nome del genere è un omaggio al sacerdote e botanico britannico rev. George Harvey Vachell (1799-1839).^[2]

Distribuzione e habitat

Il genere ha un areale pantropicale, che si estende dalle Americhe, all'Africa, all'Asia e all'Oceania.^[1]

Tassonomia

Le specie di questo genere erano in passato attribuite al genere Acacia (sottogenere Acacia).^[3]

Il genere Vachellia comprende le seguenti specie:^[1]

Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia acuifera (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia albicorticata (Burkart) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia allenii (D.H.Janzen) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia amythethophylla (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia ancistroclada (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia anegadensis (Britton) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia antunesii (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia arenaria (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia aroma (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia astringens (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Speg.
Vachellia azuana R.G.García, Clase, Ebinger & Seigler
Vachellia baessleri H.D.Clarke, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia barahonensis (Urb. & Ekman) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bavazzanoi (Pic.Serm.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia belairioides (Urb.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bellula (Drake) Boatwr.
Vachellia biaciculata (S.Watson) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bidwillii (Benth.) Kodela
Vachellia bilimekii (J.F.Macbr.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bolei (R.P.Subhedar) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin
Vachellia borleae (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia brandegeeana (I.M.Johnst.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bravoensis (Isely) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bucheri (Vict.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia bullockii (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia burttii (Baker f.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia bussei (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia californica (Brandegee) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia campbellii (Arn.) A.Deshp. & Maslin
Vachellia campeachiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia caurina (Barneby & Zanoni) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia caven (Molina) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia × cedilloi (L.Rico) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia cernua (Thulin & A.S.Hassan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia chiapensis (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia choriophylla (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia clarksoniana (Pedley) Kodela
Vachellia collinsii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia constricta (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia cookii (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia cornigera (L.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia cucuyo (Barneby & Zanoni) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia curvifructa (Burkart) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia daemon (Ekman & Urb.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia davyi (N.E.Br.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia ditricha (Pedley) Kodela
Vachellia dolichocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia douglasica (Pedley) Kodela
Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Y.Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter
Vachellia dyeri (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia eburnea (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.
Vachellia ebutsiniorum (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia edgeworthii (T.Anderson) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia elatior (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia erioloba (E.Mey.) P.J.H.Hurter
Vachellia erythrophloea (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia etbaica (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia exuvialis (I.Verd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.
Vachellia fischeri (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia flava (Forssk.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Forero & C.Romero
Vachellia gentlei (Standl.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia gerrardi (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter
Vachellia × gladiata (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia glandulifera (S.Watson) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia globulifera (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia grandicornuta (Gerstner) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia guanacastensis (H.D.Clarke, Seigler & Ebinger) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia gummifera (Willd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia haematoxylon (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia harala (Thulin & Al-Gifri) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin
Vachellia harmandiana (Pierre) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia hebeclada (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia hindsii (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia hockii (De Wild.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia hunteri (Oliv.) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin
Vachellia inopinata (Prain) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia insulae-iacobi (L.Riley) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia jacquemontii (Benth.) Ali
Vachellia janzenii (Ebinger & Seigler) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia johnwoodii (Boulos) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin
Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso
Vachellia kingii (Prain) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia kirkii (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia koltermanii R.G.García, M.M.Mejía, Ebinger & Seigler
Vachellia kosiensis (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia lahai (Steud. & Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia lasiopetala (Oliv.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia latispina (J.E.Burrows & S.M.Burrows) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia leucospira (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia luederitzii (Engl.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia malacocephala (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia mayana (Lundell) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia mbuluensis (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia melanoceras (Beurl.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia myaingii (Lace) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia myrmecophila (R.Vig.) Boatwr.
Vachellia natalitia (E.Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia nebrownii (Burtt Davy) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia negrii (Pic.Serm.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb.
Vachellia oerfota (Forssk.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia origena (Hunde) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia ormocarpoides (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia oviedoensis (R.G.García & M.M.Mejía) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia pacensis (Rudd & A.M.Carter) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia pachyphloia (W.Fitzg) Kodela
Vachellia pallidifolia (Tindale) Kodela
Vachellia paolii (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. & Cham.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia pennivenia (Balf.f.) F.L.Anderson & Knees
Vachellia permixta (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia pilispina (Pic.Serm.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia planifrons (Wight & Arn.) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin
Vachellia polypyrigenes (Greenm.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia prasinata (Hunde) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia pringlei (Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia pseudofistula (Harms) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia qandalensis (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia quintanilhae (Torre) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia reficiens (Wawra & Peyr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia rehmanniana (Schinz) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia rigidula (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia robbertsei (P.P.Sw. ex Coates Palgr.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia robusta (Burch.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia roigii (León) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia rorudiana (Christoph.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia ruddiae (D.H.Janzen) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia × ruthvenii Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia schaffneri (S.Watson) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia schottii (Torr.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia sekhukhuniensis (P.J.H.Hurter) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.Hurter
Vachellia siamensis (Craib) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia sieberiana (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia sphaerocephala (Cham. & Schltdl.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia × standleyi (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia stuhlmannii (Taub.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia suberosa (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Kodela
Vachellia sutherlandii (F.Muell.) Kodela
Vachellia swazica (Burtt Davy) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia tenuispina (I.Verd.) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia tephrophylla (Thulin) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia theronii (P.P.Sw.) Boatwr.
Vachellia tomentosa (Rottler) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia torrei (Brenan) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi
Vachellia tortuosa (L.) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia valida (Tindale & Kodela) Kodela
Vachellia vernicosa (Britton & Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia viguieri (Villiers & Du Puy) Boatwr.
Vachellia walwalensis (Gilliland) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso
Vachellia yemenensis (Boulos) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin
Vachellia zanzibarica (S.Moore) Kyal. & Boatwr.
Vachellia zapatensis (Urb. & Ekman) Seigler & Ebinger
Vachellia × ziggyi Seigler & Ebinger

Note

^ ^a ^b ^c (EN) Vachellia, su Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. URL consultato il 2 giugno 2023.
^ (EN) Vachell, Rev. George Harvey (1799-1839), su plants.jstor.org. URL consultato il 3 giugno 2023.
^ (EN) Kyalangalilwa B , Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M., Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia, in Bot J Linn Soc, vol. 172, n. 4, 2013, pp. 500–523, DOI:10.1111/boj.12047.