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Senegalia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 509 (2013)

Name Status. Accepted Name
Classification. The species containing this taxon includes 2 infraspecific taxa

SYNONYMY

Acacia campylacantha Hochst. ex A.Rich. (1847) [Basionym]
Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Brenan (1956) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia catechu var. campylacantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Roberty (1948) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia caffra var. campylacantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Aubrév. (1950) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia erythrantha Steud. ex A.Rich. (1847) [Heterotypic synonym]
Acacia catechu var. erythrantha (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Roberty (1948) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia catechu sens. Schweinf. (1867-8) [Misapplied name]
Acacia caffra sens. Oliv. (1871) [Misapplied name]
Acacia suma sens. Benth. (1875) [Misapplied name]
Acacia ataxacantha sens. Micheli (1898) [Misapplied name]
Acacia pallens sens. Steedman (1933) [Misapplied name]
Acacia caffra var. tomentosa sens. Baker f. (1930) [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]. SOUTH AMERICA [C]: Peru
Abbreviations: [N - Native, Or - Ornamental, C - Cultivated].

TYPE INFORMATION

Type. Based on Acacia campylacantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.

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

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

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

Source: Hassan & Hamdy (2021: 26)

Notes: This subspecies was introduced to Egypt in the 2000s and it is cultivated there as an ornamental in some gardens. It grew well in botanical gardens in the past, under the name Acacia suma, but unfortunately no specimens are left to identify the subspecies

Source: Ross (1979: 74, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha); Kyalangalilwa et al. (2013: 509)

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

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

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

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

Source: Brenan (1970, as Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha5)