Vachellia caven(Molina) Seigler & Ebinger

WFO wfo-0001277418 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vachellia caven, photographed by Daniel Dias
fig. a Daniel Dias, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201722998
Vachellia caven, photographed by Daniel Dias
fig. b Daniel Dias, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201720590
Vachellia caven, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. c Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201957722
Vachellia caven, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. d Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199483410
Vachellia caven, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. e Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197932080
Vachellia caven, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. f Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197629935
Vachellia caven, photographed by Bahiano Ayala
fig. g Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194174248
Vachellia caven, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. h Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185570086

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Vachellia caven is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil West-CentralChile CentralChile NorthChile SouthParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Vachellia caven, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil West-Central BZC
Chile Central CLC
Chile North CLN
Chile South CLS
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

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 30 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.

  • Acacia adenocarpa Walp.
  • Acacia adenopa Hook. & Arn.
  • Acacia aromatica Poepp. ex Benth.
  • Acacia caven (Molina) Molina
  • Acacia caven var. caven
  • Acacia caven var. dehiscens Burkart ex Ciald.
  • Acacia caven var. macrocarpa Aronson
  • Acacia caven var. microcarpa (Speg.) Burkart ex Ciald.
  • Acacia caven var. sphaerocarpa (Speg.) Burkart ex Aronson
  • Acacia caven var. stenocarpa (Speg.) Burkart ex Ciald.
  • Acacia cavenia (Molina) Hook. & Arn.
  • Acacia cavenia Bertero
  • Acacia cavenia Colla
  • Acacia farnesiana f. cavenia E.C.Clos
  • Acacia farnesiana var. brachicarpa Kuntze
  • Acacia farnesiana var. cavenia (Molina) Kuntze
  • Acacia farnesiana var. cavenia (Molina) Arechav.
  • Acacia farnesiana var. heterocarpa Kuntze
  • Acacia ibirocayensis Marchiori
  • Inga caven (Molina) Mérat & Lens
  • Mimosa caven Molina
  • Mimosa cavenia Molina
  • Vachellia farnesiana f. armata Speg.
  • Vachellia farnesiana f. brachypoda Speg.

and 6 more.

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. 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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