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Name Status. Accepted Name
Classification. This species contains 2 infraspecific taxa ( subsp. campylacantha, subsp. polyacantha)
Notes. Sanjappa (1992) and Chakrabarty and Gangopadhyay (1996) treated Acacia (Senegalia) polyacantha as conspecific with A. (Senegalia) catechu but as discussed by Kshirsagar (2012) it is a distinct species. Senegalia polyacantha comprises two subspecies with the typical one occurring in India and probably Sri Lanka; S. polyacantha subsp. campylacanthao curs in Africa.

SYNONYMY

Acacia polyacantha Willd. (1806) [Basionym]
Mimosa suma Roxb. (1832) [Nom. nov.]
Acacia suma (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt (1845) [nom. illeg. (superfluous)]
Acacia suma (Roxb.) Kurz (1874) [Isonym]
Senegalia suma (Roxb.) Britton & Rose (1928) [nom. illeg. (superfluous)]
Acacia catechu subsp. suma (Roxb.) Roberty (1948) [nom. illeg. (superfluous)]
Mimosa suma Roxb. (1814) [Nom. nudum]
Mimosa albida Roxb. ex Wall. (1831-32) [Nom. nudum]
Mimosa tamariscina B.Hayne ex Wall. (1831-32) [Nom. nudum]
Acacia suma Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (1831-32) [Nom. nudum]
Acacia catechu sens. Griesb. (1988) [Misapplied name]

DISTRIBUTION

AFRICA: Benin [N], Botswana [N], Burundi [N], Cameroon [N], Central African Republic [N], Democratic Republic of Congo [N], Egypt [Or], Ethiopia [N], Gambia The [N], Ghana [N], Ivory Coast [N], Kenya [N], Malawi [N], Mali [N], Mozambique [N], Niger [N], Nigeria [N], Rwanda [N], Senegal [N], South Africa [N], Sudan [N], Tanzania [N], Togo [N], Uganda [N], Zambia [N], Zimbabwe [N]. CARIBBEAN [I]: Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Vincent. INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar [U], Mauritius [I]. INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [N] (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Goa, Delhi, West Bengal), Sri Lanka [U]. SOUTH AMERICA [C]: Peru
Abbreviations: [N - Native, Or - Ornamental, I - Introduced, C - Cultivated, U - Uncertain].

TYPE INFORMATION

Type. Based on Acacia polyacantha Willd.

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Lock (1989: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Lock (1989: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Lock (1989: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Lock (1989: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Hassan & Hamdy (2021: 26)

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Source: Kyalangalilwa et al. (2013: 509)

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Source: Ross (1979: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Lock (1989: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Ross (1979: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Lock (1989: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Ross (1979: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Keay (1958, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Ross (1979: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha)

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Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacanth)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha)

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Source: Polhill (1990, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005); however, not listed for Madagascar by Du Puy & Villiers (2002)

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Source: Polhill (1990, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Pullaiah & Yesoda (1989, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Nair & Henry (1983, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Deshpande et al. (2019: 8)

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Source: Saldanha & Nicolson (1976, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Shah (1978, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Rao (1985, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Maheshwari (1983, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Naskar (1993, as Acacia polyacantha, reference cited in Roskov et al. 2005)

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Source: Ross (1979: 74)

Notes: Probably in Sri Lanka according to Ross

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 146, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylophylla)

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