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Vachellia rorudiana (Christoph.) Seigler y Ebinger

Acacia botón, Acacia, algarrobo, Galapagos acacia

A spiny acacia. The fine feathery pinnate leaves are protected with big straight spines; the flowers are small yellow pompoms. The seed pods are like flat beans. Leaflets 0.5-1 mm long and 0.2-0.4 mm wide (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).

Found among rocks or cinders (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Vachellia

Species
rorudiana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acacia rorudiana Christoph (POWO, 2022)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is Galápagos, W. Ecuador (POWO, 2023).

References

  • Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
  • Christophersen, E. (1932) A Collection of Plants from the Galápagos Islands. Nyt Mag. Naturvidenskaberne 70: 67-95.
  • Ebinger, J. Seigler, D. & Clarke, H. (2000) Taxonomic revision of South American species of the genus Acacia subgenus Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) Systematic Botany, 25(4):588-617.
  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
  • Schönitzer, K. (1975) Galápagos Plants. Privately Published, Quito: 1-43.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Vachellia rorudiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20283. Accessed 6 June 2026.