Senegalia ataxacantha

Senegalia ataxacantha

Senegalia ataxacantha

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 ataxacantha

Name

Senegalia ataxacantha (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 507 (2013)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acacia ataxacantha DC. (1825)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia eriadenia Benth. (1846)
  • Albizia mossambicensis Bolle (1861)
  • Acacia lugardiae N.E.Br. (I909)
  • Acacia caffra var. rupestris Sim (1909)
  • Acacia ataxacantha var. australis Burtt Davy (1922)

Misapplied names

• • Acacia macrostachya sens. Oliv. (1871)
  • Acacia senegal sens. Wild (1953)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kyalangalilwa, B. & Boatwright, J.S., 2013. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 507.

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 ataxacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Senegalia ataxacantha. Published online. Accessed: Aug 19 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Senegalia ataxacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• Senegalia ataxacantha – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Vlamdoring, Rank-wag-'n-bietjie
العربية: Dorova (Chad)
bamanankan: Tii
English: Flame thorn, Flame acacia
Silozi: Mukona
chiShona: Muchanga, Mugowa, Mukakanyuro, Mukombonkunono
Sesotho: Mologa
Setswana: Mogôkatau
Xitsonga: Kato
Tshivenda: Muluwa
Wolof: Dadd
isiXhosa: umNga
Yorùbá: Ewon
isiZulu: umThathawe

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