Robinia pseudoacacia

Black locust
Flowers

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Robinia
Species:
R. pseudoacacia
Binomial name
Robinia pseudoacacia
Native range

Robinia pseudoacacia, commonly known in its native territory as black locust,[3] is a medium-sized hardwood deciduous tree, belonging to the tribe Robinieae of the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to a few small areas of the United States, but it has been widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America,[4] Europe, Southern Africa[5] and Asia and is considered an invasive species in some areas, such as the temperate east coast of Australia where the cultivar "Frisia" (Golden Robinia) was widely planted as a street tree before being classed as a weed.[6] Another common name is false acacia,[7] a literal translation of the specific name (pseudo [Greek ψευδο-] meaning fake or false and acacia referring to the genus of plants with the same name).

  1. ^ Contu, S. (2012). "Robinia pseudoacacia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19891648A20138922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891648A20138922.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Robinia pseudoacacia". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ NRCS. "Robinia pseudoacacia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Robinia pseudoacacia". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  5. ^ "Robinia pseudoacacia". www.biodiversityexplorer.org. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Black Locust, False Acacia, Locust Tree, Yellow Locust, Robinia, White Acacia". Weeds Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.