New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia

S. Ragupathy; David Seigler; J.E. Ebinger; B.R. Maslin

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.162.3.6

Issue: Vol. 162 No. 3: 13 March 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-13

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.3.6

Page range: 174–180

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**New combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for south and west Asia**

S. Ragupathy⁺⁻
David Seigler⁺⁻
J.E. Ebinger⁺⁻
B.R. Maslin⁺⁻

Center for Biodiversity Genomics, BIO Herbarium, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

Department of Plant Biology 505 S. Goodwin St. 265 Morrill Hall University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA

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David Seigler

Department of Plant Biology

Professor Emeritus

Curator, University of Illinois Herbarium (ILL)

Emeritus Professor of Botany, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois 61920, U.S.A.

Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983

Vachellia Senegalial Leguminosae Mimosoideae Asia

Abstract

Fragmentation of the former broadly circumscribed genus Acacia necessitates new names in Vachellia (syn. former Acacia subg. Acacia) and Senegalia (syn. Acacia subg. Aculeiferum) for the following 21 taxa that are recorded for the south and west Asian regions (i.e. Bangladesh west to the Arabian Peninsula). Senegalia diadenia, Senegalia donaldii, Senegalia hohenackeri, Senegalia lankaensis, Senegalia lenticularis and Senegalia mahrana. Vachellia gerrardii subsp. negevensis, Vachellia gerrardii subsp. negevensis var. najdensis, Vachellia hunteri, Vachellia harala, Vachellia hydaspica, Vachellia jacquemontii, Vachellia johnwoodii, Vachellia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis, Vachellia nilotica subsp. hemispherica, Vachellia planifrons, Vachellia pseudoeburnea, Vachellia tanjorensis , Vachellia tortilis subsp. campoptila, Vachellia wightii (syn. Acacia bolei) and Vachellia yemenensis. There are two unresolved names for the west Asian region: Acacia pachyceras and Acacia yemenensis subsp. obtusifoliolata.