Talk:Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana

Merger proposal

I propose to merge this with the article on Acacia farnesiana.

In J.T. Kartesz (1999) "A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland", a number of taxa were synonymized with the nominate taxon Acacia farnesiana, including all varieties/subspecies, obviating the need for Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana and rendering it a synonym. This has been followed by most authorities, i.e. ILDIS & TROPICOS (the Kew PlantList & the EUR+MED database follow ILDIS). USDA PLANTS & GRIN still recognise Vachellia farnesiana var. pinetorum of Florida, but this taxon is of doubtful validity (considering the nominate form made it to the Philippines & Australia by floating across the Pacific, and it has been widely planted throughout the world since the 1500s), though I haven't examined it closely. Furthermore USDA PLANTS & GRIN are often out of date, whereas ILDIS is dated 2010.

Either way, this article is redundant and doesn't encompass the totality of this taxon, but only it's occurrence in Mexico & Texas.

Also, contrary to the comment by an earlier contributor, I would say the acceptance of the taxon Vachellia is far from resolved. Personally I don't like what's been going on in Acacia taxonomy one bit, though I'm not opposed to retaining the title; I just think the Acacia name should be given prominence (as in the other article), considering many (if not most outside the USA & Australia) authorities continue to use this name, including ILDIS. 86.83.56.115 (talk) 09:52, 4 July 2018 (UTC) Leo