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Name Status. Accepted Name
Classification. This species contains 2 infraspecific taxa ( subsp. detinens, subsp. mellifera)

SYNONYMY

Mimosa mellifera Vahl (1791) [Basionym]
Inga mellifera (Vahl) Willd. (1806) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Bosc (1816) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia mellifera (Vahl.) Benth. (1842) [nom. illeg. (superfluous)]
Acacia senegal subsp. mellifera (Vahl) Roberty (1948) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia mellifera (Vahl.) Benth. var. mellifera (1983) [Autonym]
Mimosa unguis-cati Forssk. (1775) [nom. illeg. (homonym)]
Acacia vicioides Ferret & Galinier (1848) [Heterotypic synonym]
Acacia mellifera var. almakkiana Chaudhary (1983) [Heterotypic synonym]
Acacia hamulosa sens. Baker f. (1894) [Misapplied name]
Acacia laeta sens. Schweinf. (1896) [Misapplied name]
Acacia asak sens. Schwartz (1939) [Misapplied name]

DISTRIBUTION

AFRICA [N]: Angola, Botswana, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ARABIAN PENINSULA [N]: North Yemen, Saudi Arabia, South Yemen. INDIAN OCEAN [I]: Mauritius. INDIAN SUBCONTINENT [I]: India (Tamil Nadu), Pakistan
Abbreviations: [N - Native, I - Introduced].

TYPE INFORMATION

Type. Based on Mimosa mellifera Vahl

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 67, as Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens)

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Source: Lock (1989: 71, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 67, as Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Kyalangalilwa et al. (2013: 509); Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera)

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Source: Ross (1979: 66, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Lock (1989: 71, as Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens)

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Source: Lock (1989: 71, as Acacia mellifera)

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Source: Lock & Simpson (1991: 11, as Acacia mellifera)

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Source: Kyalangalilwa et al. (2013: 509); Lock & Simpson (1991: 11, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Boulos (1998: 572, as Acacia mellifera)

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

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Source: Deshpande et al. (2019: 15); Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1996: 631, as Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera)

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Source: Ali (2014: 4)

Notes: Ali did not give subspecies but it is assumed to be subsp. mellifera (Deshpande et al. 2019: 15)

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Page last updated: Thursday 22 June 2023