Herbarium Specimen Details

Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: D. B. Ward, 1966
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Flowers orange-yellow; fruits slender with very indistinct suture, mostly pendent and solitary; small, much-branched, flat-topped trees (to 4 m) with seemingly coarser branches than adjacent A farnesiana of same height.
Habitat Slope of shell mound.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector D. B. Ward 6021
Collection Date 25 Nov 1966
Accession Number 87144
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia farnesiana L. Willd. - Determined By: D. B. Ward, 1966
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1980
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Flowers orange-yellow; fruits stout, with prominent suture, usually more than one in each inflorescence, diverging; small, much-branched, flat-topped trees (to 4 m).
Habitat Top of shell mound.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. B. Ward 6022
Collection Date 25 Nov 1966
Accession Number 87143
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: Lakela, 1966
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Shell midden.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 30151
with F. Almeda
Collection Date 31 Aug 1966
Accession Number 79916
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia farnesiana L. Willd. - Determined By: Lakela, 1966
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: Lakela, 1968
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: Isely, 1969
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Hammock on shell [midden].
Reproductive State
Collector O. K. Lakela 29817
Collection Date 22 May 1966
Accession Number 79915
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Along Tampa Bay, ca. 0.1 km from the water, ca. 4 km N of Apollo Beach. T32S, R19E, Sec. 4, SW¼. 27° 48' 23" N 82° 24' 31" W
Habitat Foreign soil, probably deposited in 2011; ca. 0.5 acre soil mound, 7-10 m high; soil deep (rich) rusty color, dense (hard) rocky with coarse sands.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 21 Jun 2012
Accession Number 273726
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Along Tampa Bay, ca. 0.1 km from the water, ca. 4 km N of Apollo Beach. T32S, R19E, Sec. 4, SW¼. 27° 48' 23" N 82° 24' 31" W
Habitat Foreign soil, probably deposited in 2011; ca. 0.5 acre soil mound, 7-10 m high; soil deep (rich) rusty color, dense (hard) rocky with coarse sands.
Reproductive State
Collector S. Dickman
with R. Ross
Collection Date 08 May 2012
Accession Number 273521
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd.
Locality Jamaica. Cornwall Co. , St. Elizabeth Par. : Lititz. 17° 56' 35" N 77° 34' 27" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. Wolle
Collection Date Jan 1847
Accession Number 85434
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd.
Locality U.S. Virgin Islands. St. John Island Little Cinnamon Bay.
Description Tree, 5 m x 8 cm; flower heads yellow; cut twigs with garlic-like smell.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 0 to 25 m
Collector S. A. Mori
with R. Woodbury
Collection Date 11 Nov 1984
Accession Number 185972
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd.
Locality Montserrat. Carr's Bay.
Description Dryland shrub to 12 ft., with spreading flat branches; flowers yellow; fruit green.
Habitat Low hills.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. A. Howard
with E. S. & P. G. Howard
Collection Date 19 Jan 1979
Accession Number 195069
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Jul 1997
Locality Dominica. St. Paul Par. : Morne Daniel road beyond hotel above Canefield airport. 15° 18' 60" N 61° 23' 30" W
Description Occasional tree 7 m tall; fruits green, slightly flattened.
Habitat Dry forest, Acacia, Haematoxylon, disturbed area; thickets.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 250 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
with L. R. Phillippe
Collection Date 26 Feb 1997
Accession Number 224389
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: Zanoni, 1983
Locality Dominican Republic. Monte Cristi Prov. Villa Elisa, 2.8 km N of DR 1 along gravel road.
Habitat Cactus-thorn scrub.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 200 to ft
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & D. D. Dodd
Collection Date 23 Aug 1982
Accession Number 171125
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd. - Determined By: C. D. Adams, 1963
Locality Jamaica. Surrey Co. , St. Andrew Par. : Port Royal.
Description Abundant dominant low tree; flowers yellow, becoming orange with age; fruits green; tree 6-8 ft.
Habitat Sandy areas.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Elevation 0 to m
Collector M. R. Crosby
with H. A. Hespenheide & W. R. Anderson
Collection Date 19 Jul 1963
Accession Number 97132
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Aug 2013
Determination History
Acacia tortuosa L. Willd.
Locality U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Croix Island Just outside city limits of Christiansted; on road to airport.
Habitat Woods
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. B. Meagher
Collection Date 20 May 1970
Accession Number 103532
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Vachellia tortuosa
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Vachellia tortuosa L. Seigler & Ebinger - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 08/2013
Locality USA. Texas , Webb Co. : On W. Killam Ranch; 4 mi. E of Laredo.
Description Much branched shrub with horizontal branches, ca. 3 ft tall.
Habitat In buff-colored calcareous clay soil in chaparral pasture.
Reproductive State Flower Bud
Collector W. L. McCart
Collection Date 08 Mar 1960
Accession Number 80070
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