Senegalia mellifera

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Senegalia
Species: Senegalia mellifera

Senegalia mellifera (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger, 2010

• Basionym
  • Mimosa mellifera Vahl (1791)
• Homotypic
  • Inga mellifera (Vahl) Willd. (1806)
  • Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Bosc (1816)
  • Acacia senegal subsp. mellifera (Vahl) Roberty (1948)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia mellifera (Vahl.) Benth. (1842) [nom. illeg.
  • Mimosa unguis-cati Forssk. (1775) [nom. illeg.
  • Acacia vicioides Ferret & Galinier (1848)

• • Acacia hamulosa sens. Baker f. (1894)
  • Acacia laeta sens. Schweinf. (1896)
  • Acacia asak sens. Schwartz (1939)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen Introduced into: India, Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Seigler, D.S. & Ebinger, J.E., 2010. Phytologia 92(1): 94.

• 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. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Senegalia mellifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Senegalia mellifera. Published online. Accessed: Aug 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Senegalia mellifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Aug 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• Senegalia mellifera – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

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