Taxon: Vachellia caven (Molina) Seigler & Ebinger

Genus:

Vachellia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Acacieae

Nomen number:

450075

Place of publication:

Phytologia 87:148. 2006 ("2005")

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

10-may-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-oct-2018

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

30 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

(≡) Acacia caven (Molina) Molina
(=) Acacia cavenia (Molina) Hook. & Arn., orth. var.
Basionym: Mimosa caven Molina

Common names:

Roman cassie (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
cassie Romaine (Source: HerbSpices) - French
espino caván (Source: Hortus 3) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: agroforestry (fide Fagg & Stewart, 1994)
Materials: essential oils (fide HerbSpices)

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil (s.?)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n. & c.), Chile (c.), Paraguay, Uruguay

Cultivated

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria

Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s.)

Southern America

South America

References:

Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). (L Brasil Online)
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. (F ConoSur)

Check other web resources for Vachellia caven (Molina) Seigler & Ebinger :

Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=450075. Accessed 7 junio 2026.