Name

Senegalia subsessilis Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl.  23:  117.  1928;

Synonymy and types

Acacia amabilis L. Rico, Acta Bot. Mex. 71:  91.  2005.  - TYPE:  MEXICO.  HIDALGO:  Ixmiquilpan, 1905, J. N. Rose, J. H. Painter, & J. S. Rose 8926 [holotype:  US (MEXU photo, NY photo); isotypes:  K, NY fragment].  NOTE:  The name Acacia subsessilis Chapman and Maslin (1999), an Australian species with phyllodes, blocked transfer of the specific epithet to Acacia.  For additional information on this species see Glass (2003).