Senegalia senegal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Senegalia
Species: Senegalia senegal
Varieties: S. s. var. kerensis – S. s. var. leiorachis – S. s. var. rostrata – S. s. var. senegal

Name

Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 538. (1930)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Mimosa senegal L., Sp. Pl. 1: 521. (1753)
Homotypic
- Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl. Editio quarta 4(2): 1077. (1806)
- Acacia senegalensis (Houtt.) Roberty (1948)
- Acacia senegal var. rupestris (Stocks ex Boiss.) Roberty (1948)
Heterotypic
- Acacia platyosprion (Chiov.) Chiov. (1932)
- Mimosa senegalensis Houtt. (1774)
- Acacia verek Guill. & Perr. (1832) nom. illeg.
- Acacia senegal var. verek Roberty (1948)
- Acacia rupestris Stocks ex Boiss. (1872)
- Acacia virchowiana Vatke & Hildebr. (1880)
- Acacia senegal var. typica Fiori (1911)
- Acacia senegal var. pseudoglaucophylla Chiov. (1916)
- Acacia pseudoglaucophylla Chiov. (1916)
- Acacia pseudoglauca Chiov. (1932)
- Acacia cufodontii Chiov. (1939)
- Acacia senegal var. platyosprion Chiov. (1932)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern Africa
- Regional: Tropical
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Haiti, Leeward Is., Taiwan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Britton, N.L. 1930. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 538.

Additional references

Kyalangalilwa, B., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & Bank, M. 2013. Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 500–523. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12047 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Senegalia senegal in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Senegalia senegal. Published online. Accessed: Aug 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Senegalia senegal. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Aug 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
Senegalia senegal – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Senegalia senegal in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Slaploot
azərbaycanca: Seneqal akasiyası
bamanankan: Dɔ̀nkɔri
čeština: Akácie senegalská
dansk: Gummi-Akacie
Deutsch: Verek-Akazie
English: Gum arabic tree
eesti: Kummiakaatsia
Fulfulde: Pattuki
suomi: Kumiakaasia
français: Gommier blanc
galego: Acacia do Senegal
magyar: Arabmézgafa
日本語: アラビアゴムノキ
polski: Akacja senegalska
Ikinyarwanda: Umukonji
Soomaaliga: Cadaad
Türkçe: Arap zamkı

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