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, 2^nd 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