Senegalia mellifera

Senegalia mellifera
Senegalia mellifera

Taxonavigation edit

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 mellifera

Name edit

Senegalia mellifera (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger, 2010

Synonyms edit

  • 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)

Misapplied names edit

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

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
 
Senegalia mellifera
  • 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

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Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: Swarthaak
Deutsch: Schwarzdorn-Akazie
hts: Mirithimo-ko
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