Vachellia Wight & Arn.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Ascension, Baleares, Borneo, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Corse, Cyprus, Easter Is., Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, Gilbert Is., Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Italy, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Portugal, Rodrigues, Sardegna, Sicilia, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Sumatera, Türkiye

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Clarke, H.D., Seigler, D.S. & Ebinger, J.E. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the Vachellia acuifera species group (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in the Caribbean. Systematic Botany 34: 84-101.