Name

Senegalia pteridifolia (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger, comb. nov. 

Synonymy and types

Basionym:  Acacia pteridifolia Benth., London J. Bot. 1:  521.  1842.  - TYPE:  BRAZIL.  RIO DE JANEIRO: F. Sello 349 (lectotype, designated here:  NY; isolectotype:  F fragment); [paralectotypes: J. Lhotsky 1287; J. Miers s.n.].  NOTE:  In addition to the lectotype cited above, there was a specimen at B, which was probably destroyed in World War II.