Name

Senegalia tenuifolia (L.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl.  23:  118.  1928. 

Synonymy and types

Mimosa tenuifolia L., Sp. pl. 1:  523.  1753; Acacia tenuifolia (L.) Willd., Sp. pl. 4:  1091.  1806.  - TYPE:  Habitat in America calidiori [lectotype, designated here:  tab. 17 of Plumier (1755)].  NOTE:  According to Grimes (1992), tab. 17 of Plumier was not published but was seen by Linnaeus.  Grimes did not formally lectotypify the name.  This plate is located in the Codex Boerhavianus in the library of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Senegalia paniculata (Willd.) Killip ex Record, Trop. Woods.  63:  6.  1940; Acacia paniculata Willd., Sp. pl. 4:  1074.  1806, non J. F. Macbride (1919); Mimosa paniculata (Willd.) Poir., in Lamarck, Encycl. Suppl. 1:  74-75.  #173.  1810, non Vahl (1807); Manganaroa paniculata (Willd.) Speg., Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. (Córdoba).  26:  239. 1921.  - TYPE:  BRAZIL.  PARÁ:  Comes de Hoffmansegg [lectotype, Grimes (1992):  B-Willd. (microfiche IDC. 1389. I. 8)  (Willd. Cat. No. 19157) (F photo)].  NOTE:  There are two specimens with Cat. No. 19157, both from Hoffmansegg.  Grimes (1992) lectotypified A. paniculata based on the flowering specimen; the fruiting specimen is a member of the genus Anadenanthera.

Acacia julibrissin Sieb. ex Martius, "Herb. fl. bras." Flora 20(2): 109.  (Beiblätter). 1837, non Willd. (1806) nec Albizzia julibrissin Durazz. (1772).  TYPE:  No type cited.

Acacia clausseni Benth., London J. Bot.  1:  518.  1842.  - TYPE:  BRAZIL.  PIAUHÍ:  near Crato, G. Gardner 1941 [lectotype, designated here:  K) [paralectotypes: Rio San Francisco, P. Clausen, F. Sello s.n., G. Gardner 1821, G. Gardner 1941].

Acacia grandisiliqua (Vell.) Benth., London J. Bot. 1:  518.  1842; Mimosa grandisiliqua Vell., Fl. flum.  11:  (t. 37).  1827.  - TYPE:  none designated.  NOTE:  The plates of Vellozo cannot be considered as type material because they were made from his drawings after he had died.  Apparently no specimens nor his original drawings exist.  Bentham (1875, 1876a) considered Acacia grandisiliqua to be conspecific with Acacia tenuifolia, a view with which we concur.

Acacia martinicensis K. Presl., Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss.  Series 5.  3:  495.  1845.  - TYPE:  MARTINIQUE.  Kohaut s.n. (holotype:  not seen).

Acacia microcephala A. Rich., A. Rich in Sagra, Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. vasc. 4:  469.  1845, nom. illeg., non Graham ex Wallich (1828) nec Macfadyen (1837).  - TYPE:  CUBA.  Circa Guara, Ramon de la Sagra s.n. (holotype:  P:  isotype:  K).  NOTE:  Acacia microcephala Wallich (1828) is an Asian species, whereas Acacia microcephala Macfadyen (1837) is synonymous with Vachellia macracantha (Kunth) Seigler & Ebinger (2005).

Acacia incerta Hoene, Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estrateg. Matto Grosso Amazonas. 5(8): 22.  (pl. 135).  1919.  - TYPE:  BRAZIL.  MATTOGROSSO:  em Copipo da ponte, Cuyaba, F. C. Hoehne 2534 and 2535 (syntypes: SP?).

Acacia stenocarpa Malme, Ark. Bot. 23A:  46.  1931, non Hochst. ex Richard (1847).  - TYPE:  BRAZIL.  MATO GROSSO:  Corumbá, in silva satis clara regionis calcariae, 19 Dec 1902, G. O. A. Malme 2731 (lectotype, designated here:  S) [paralectotype: Malme 2731a (S)].  NOTE:  Acacia stenocarpa Hochst. ex A. Richard (1847) is referable to an African species of the genus Vachellia.

Senegalia turbacensis Britton & Killip, Ann. New York Acad. Sci.  35:  146.  1936.  - TYPE:  COLOMBIA.  BOLÍVAR:  thicket, vicinity of Turbaco, alt. 200-300 m, 14 Nov 1926, E. P. Killip and Smith 14482 (holotype:  NY; isotypes:  A, GH, US).

Acacia tenuifolia (L.) Willd. var. veraensis Kitanov, Ann. Univ. Sofia Fac. Biol. 64(2):  60.  1972.  - TYPE:  CUBA.  "1969/1970", Kitanov s. n. (holotype:  not seen).