Robinia L.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus:
Species: R. hispida – R. neomexicana – R. pseudoacacia – R. viscosa
Nothospecies: R. × ambigua – R. × holdtii – R. × longiloba – R. × margarettae

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Robinia L. in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug. 22. Reference page.

Name

Robinia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 722 (1753).

Lectotype (designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown 1913: 374): Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Pseudacacia Moench, Meth. 145 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Pseudoacacia Duhamel, Traité Arb. Arbust. 2: 187 (1755), nom. illeg. (as "Pseudo-Acacia").

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa (introduced)
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Easter Islands.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia (introduced).
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec (introduced).
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington (introduced), Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin (introduced).
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (introduced), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont (introduced), West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (introduced), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana (introduced), Maryland, Mississippi (introduced), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia (introduced).
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Chile Central.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 2: 374. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Robinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Robinia. Published online. Accessed: May 30 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Robinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2021. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Robinia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Yalançı akasiya
беларуская: Рабінія
čeština: trnovník
dansk: Robinie
Deutsch: Robinien
English: Locusts
Esperanto: Robinio
eesti: Robiinia
فارسی: اقاقیا (سرده)
suomi: Valeakaasiat
galego: Falsa Acacia
hornjoserbsce: Robinija
magyar: Akác
Ido: Robinio
日本語: ハリエンジュ属
ქართული: რობინია
lietuvių: Robinija
polski: Robinia
русский: Робиния
slovenčina: agát
Türkçe: Yalancı akasya
українська: Робінія
中文: 刺槐属