Senegalia ataxacantha

Senegalia ataxacantha
Senegalia ataxacantha

Taxonavigation

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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: Mimoseae
Genus: Senegalia
Species: Senegalia ataxacantha

Name

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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

Distribution

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Maslin, B.R. & Wilson, A.J.G. (eds) 2025. WorldWideWattle Species Gallery, accessed on 20250623072421 Senegalia ataxacantha – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names

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  • 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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