Robinia neomexicanaA.Gray

New Mexico LocustNew Mexico locust

WFO wfo-0000174262 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Rachel Stringham
fig. a Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 204803087
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Rachel Stringham
fig. b Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204800097
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. c Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203946624
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. d Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203879736
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Andrew Tree
fig. e Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202247811
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Andrew Tree
fig. f Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200310036
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Andrew Tree
fig. g Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199191214
Robinia neomexicana, photographed by Tom Kennedy
fig. h Tom Kennedy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198636356

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Robinia neomexicana is native: Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming ArizonaCaliforniaColoradoMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNevadaNew MexicoTexasUtahWyoming
Native distribution of Robinia neomexicana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Colorado COL
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Robinia breviloba Rydb.
  • Robinia luxurians (Dieck) Silva Tar. & C.K.Schneid.
  • Robinia neomexicana var. albiflora Kusche
  • Robinia neomexicana var. luxurians Dieck
  • Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi (Wooton & Standl.) W.C.Martin & C.R.Hutchins ex Peabody
  • Robinia neomexicana var. subvelutina (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
  • Robinia rusbyi Wooton & Standl.
  • Robinia subvelutina Rydb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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