Name

Senegalia gilliesii (Steud.) Seigler & Ebinger, comb. nov. 

Synonymy and types

Basionym:  Acacia gilliesii Steud., Nomencl. bot. 2:  5.  1841; Acacia furcata Gillies ex Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 206.  1833, nom. illeg., non (Desf.) Desv. (1814); Manganaroa furcata (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Speg., Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. (Córdoba) 26:  228. (fig. 11).  1921; Acacia furcatispina Burkart, Darwiniana 7:  512. 1947.  - TYPE:  ARGENTINA.  MENDOZA:  uncultivated places at the foot of the Andes of Mendoza, Dr. Gillies s.n. [lectotype, designated here:  E (K photo, SI photo); isolectotypes:  F, K]; [paralectotype:  Buenos Ayres (cultivated), Tweedie s.n.].  NOTE:  Acacia furcata (Desf.) Desv. (1814) is an African Prosopis species.