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Acacia eriantha Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 68 (1814)
Name Status. Unresolved Name
Notes. Deshpande et al. (2019: 17) noted: " Acacia eriantha is treated on ‘The Plant List’ (< www.theplantlist.org/ >) as an unresolved name. In the protologue the provenance of this species is clearly given as ‘India orientali’, but on the previous page in the same publication Desvaux (1814, p. 67) does express a slight uncertainty as to whether the plant came from this region. The type specimen at herb. Paris is labelled ‘Habitatae in india orientali’ (P [barcode P02935062]). Bentham (1875, p. 637) said that Acacia eriantha was “supposed to be from East India; but the situation given for Desvaux’s plants are not to be relied upon." The characters given do not agree with any East-Indian species and are wholly insufficient for identification with any others. I found no specimen in Desvaux’s herbarium." It is known, however, that Desvaux worked a lot on West Indian plants (D. Mabberley, pers. comm.) so it may be possible that Acacia eriantha applies to an entity from the Caribbean. We have not been able to match the type specimen with any Mimosoid from the Indian subcontinent. We therefore treat Acacia eriantha as an unresolved name It is parenthetically noted that Acacia dalea Desv. (1814, p. 69) which is also treated as an unresolved name on ‘The Plant List’ (< www.theplantlist.org/ >) was regarded by Bentham (1875, p. 382) as conspecific with Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. We agree with Bentham’s determination. In the protologue the provenance of Acacia dalea was given as ‘Habitat in India’".
SYNONYMY
Mimosa eriantha (Desv.) Poir. (1817) [Nom. invalid.]
TYPE INFORMATION
Type Citation. No type cited but provenance given as "Habitat in Indiâ orientali"
