''Senegalia'' (from
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
and ''
Acacia senegal
''Senegalia senegal'' (also known as ''Acacia senegal'') is a small thorny deciduous tree from the genus ''Senegalia'', which is known by several common names, including gum acacia, gum arabic tree, Sudan gum and Sudan gum arabic. In parts of In ...
''
(L.) Willd.) is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
. It belongs to the
Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of ''
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...
.''
The genus was considered
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
and required further division,
with the genera ''
Parasenegalia
''Parasenegalia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. It is found in tropical areas of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Species list
The genus ''Parasene ...
'' and ''
Pseudosenegalia
''Pseudosenegalia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees or shrubs endemic to Bolivia.[inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...]
s and non-spinescent
stipule
In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole (botany), petiole). They are primarily found among dicots and rare among monocots. Stipules are considered part ...
s.
Plants in the genus are native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world, occurring on the Australian, Asian, African and South and North American continents, as well as in
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeography, biogeographical designation for a group of mainly list of islands of Indonesia, Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australia (continent), Australian continental shelf, continental ...
.
Species list
''Senegalia'' comprises the following 222 species, as of February 2021:
*''
Senegalia adenocalyx''
*''
Senegalia afra''
*''
Senegalia albizioides'' — climbing wattle
*''
Senegalia alemquerensis''
*''
Senegalia alexae
''Senegalia'' (from Senegal and ''Acacia senegal'' (L.) Willd.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of ''Acacia.''
The genus was considered pol ...
''
*''
Senegalia altiscandens''
*''
Senegalia amazonica''
*''
Senegalia andamanica''
*''
Senegalia angustifolia''
*''
Senegalia anisophylla''
*''
Senegalia ankokib''
*''
Senegalia aristeguietana''
*''
Senegalia asak''
*''
Senegalia ataxacantha'' — flame acacia
*''
Senegalia atlantica''
*''
Senegalia bahiensis''
*''
Senegalia baronii
''Senegalia'' (from Senegal and ''Acacia senegal'' (L.) Willd.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of ''Acacia.''
The genus was considered pol ...
''
*''
Senegalia berlandieri
''Senegalia berlandieri'' (Berlandier acacia, guajillo acacia, guajillo, huajillo, huajilla) is a shrub native to the Southwestern United States and northeast Mexico that belongs to the Mimosoid clade of Fabaceae. It grows tall, with blossoms ...
''
*''
Senegalia bonariensis''
*''
Senegalia borneensis'' — cat's claw acacia
*''
Senegalia brevispica''
*''
Senegalia burkei'' — Black monkey thorn
*''
Senegalia caesia''
*''
Senegalia caraniana''
*''
Senegalia catechu
''Senegalia catechu'', previously known as ''Acacia catechu'', is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to in height. The plant is called ''kachu'' in Malay; the Malay name was Latinized to "catechu" in Linnaean taxonomy, as the species from ...
'' — Cutch tree
*''
Senegalia catharinensis''
*''
Senegalia cearensis''
*''
Senegalia chariessa''
*''
Senegalia cheilanthifolia''
*''
Senegalia chundra''
*''
Senegalia circummarginata''
*''
Senegalia clandestina''
*''
Senegalia comosa''
*''
Senegalia condyloclada''
*''
Senegalia crassifolia'' — Anacacho orchid tree
*''
Senegalia croatii''
*''
Senegalia cupuliformis''
*''
Senegalia delavayi''
*''
Senegalia densispina''
*''
Senegalia diadenia''
*''
Senegalia donaldi''
*''
Senegalia donnaiensis''
*''
Senegalia duartei''
*''
Senegalia dudgeonii''
*''
Senegalia ebingeri''
*''
Senegalia emilioana''
*''
Senegalia × emoryana''
*''
Senegalia eriocarpa'' — Woolly-podded acacia
*''
Senegalia erubescens''
*''
Senegalia erythrocalyx''
*''
Senegalia etilis''
*''
Senegalia ferruginea''
*''
Senegalia fiebrigii''
*''
Senegalia flagellaris''
*''
Senegalia fleckii''
*''
Senegalia fumosa''
*''
Senegalia gageana''
*''
Senegalia galpinii''
*''
Senegalia garrettii''
*''
Senegalia gaumeri''
*''
Senegalia giganticarpa''
*''
Senegalia gilliesii''
*''
Senegalia globosa''
*''
Senegalia goetzei''
*''
Senegalia gourmaensis''
*''
Senegalia grandistipula''
*''
Senegalia greggii'' — catclaw, cat's-claw, catclaw acacia, garra del diablo, Gregg catclaw, long-flower catclaw, paradise flower, Texas catclaw, Texas mimosa, wait-a-bit
*''
Senegalia guangdongensis''
*''
Senegalia guarensis''
*''
Senegalia hainanensis''
*''
Senegalia hamulosa''
*''
Senegalia harleyi''
*''
Senegalia hatschbachii''
*''
Senegalia hayesii''
*''
Senegalia hecatophylla''
*''
Senegalia hereroensis'' — Mountain thorn
*''
Senegalia hildebrandtii''
*''
Senegalia hoehnei''
*''
Senegalia hohenackeri''
*''
Senegalia huberi''
*''
Senegalia insuavis''
*''
Senegalia interior'' — Interior acacia
*''
Senegalia intsia''
*''
Senegalia irwinii''
*''
Senegalia kallunkiae''
*''
Senegalia kamerunensis''
*''
Senegalia kekapur''
*''
Senegalia kelloggiana''
*''
Senegalia kerrii''
*''
Senegalia klugii''
*''
Senegalia kostermansii''
*''
Senegalia kraussiana''
*''
Senegalia kuhlmannii''
*''
Senegalia kunmingensis''
*''
Senegalia lacerans''
*''
Senegalia laeta''
*''
Senegalia langsdorffii''
*''
Senegalia lankaensis''
*''
Senegalia lasiophylla''
*''
Senegalia latifoliola''
*''
Senegalia latistipulata''
*''
Senegalia lenticularis''
*''
Senegalia lewisii''
*''
Senegalia limae''
*''
Senegalia loetteri''
*''
Senegalia loretensis''
*''
Senegalia lowei''
*''
Senegalia lozanoi''
*''
Senegalia lujae''
*''
Senegalia macbridei''
*''
Senegalia macilenta'' — Thin acacia
*''
Senegalia macrocephala''
*''
Senegalia macrostachya''
*''
Senegalia magnibracteosa''
*''
Senegalia mahrana''
*''
Senegalia manubensis''
*''
Senegalia martii''
*''
Senegalia martiusiana''
*''
Senegalia maschalocephala''
*''
Senegalia mattogrossensis''
*''
Senegalia meeboldii''
*''
Senegalia megaladena''
*''
Senegalia mellifera''
*''
Senegalia menabeensis''
*''
Senegalia meridionalis''
*''
Senegalia merrillii'' — Merrill's wattle
*''
Senegalia micrantha''
*''
Senegalia mikanii
''Senegalia'' (from Senegal and ''Acacia senegal'' (L.) Willd.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of ''Acacia sensu lato, Acacia.''
The genus ...
''
*''
Senegalia mirandae''
*''
Senegalia modesta''
*''
Senegalia moggii''
*''
Senegalia monacantha''
*''
Senegalia montigena''
*''
Senegalia montis-salinarum''
*''
Senegalia montis-usti'' — Brandberg acacia
*''
Senegalia nigrescens''
*''
Senegalia nitidifolia''
*''
Senegalia noblickii''
*''
Senegalia obliqua''
*''
Senegalia occidentalis'' — Western acacia, Tree catclaw
*''
Senegalia ochracea''
*''
Senegalia ogadensis''
*''
Senegalia olivensana''
*''
Senegalia orientalis''
*''
Senegalia paganuccii''
*''
Senegalia painteri''
*''
Senegalia palawanensis''
*''
Senegalia paniculata''
*''
Senegalia paraensis''
*''
Senegalia parviceps''
*''
Senegalia pedicellata''
*''
Senegalia peninsularis'' — Peninsular acacia
*''
Senegalia pennata'' — Climbing wattle
*''
Senegalia pentagona''
*''
Senegalia persiciflora''
*''
Senegalia pervillei''
*''
Senegalia petrensis''
*''
Senegalia phillippei''
*''
Senegalia piauhiensis''
*''
Senegalia picachensis
''Senegalia'' (from Senegal and ''Acacia senegal'' (L.) Willd.) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the Mimosoid clade. Until 2005, its species were considered members of ''Acacia.''
The genus was considered pol ...
'' — Mount Picachos acacia
*''
Senegalia piptadenioides''
*''
Senegalia pluricapitata''
*''
Senegalia pluriglandulosa''
*''
Senegalia polhillii''
*''
Senegalia polyacantha'' — Catechu tree
*''
Senegalia polyphylla'' — Manyleaf acacia
*''
Senegalia praecox''
*''
Senegalia prominens''
*''
Senegalia pruinescens''
*''
Senegalia pseudointsia''
*''
Senegalia pseudonigrescens''
*''
Senegalia pteridifolia''
*''
Senegalia purpusii''
*''
Senegalia quadriglandulosa''
*''
Senegalia rafinesqueana''
*''
Senegalia recurva''
*''
Senegalia reniformis''
*''
Senegalia rhytidocarpa''
*''
Senegalia ricoae''
*''
Senegalia riparia'' — Catch and keep, Riparian acacia
*''
Senegalia robynsiana''
*''
Senegalia roemeriana'' — Catclaw, Roemer acacia, Roemer catclaw, Round-flower catclaw
*''
Senegalia rostrata''
*''
Senegalia rovumae''
*''
Senegalia rugata
''Senegalia rugata'' is a spiny climbing shrub native to China and tropical Asia, common in the warm plains of central India, central and south India.
It is renowned as a raw material for shampoo, and the leaves and young shoots are often eaten ...
''
*''
Senegalia sakalava''
*''
Senegalia saltilloensis''
*''
Senegalia schlechteri''
*''
Senegalia schweinfurthii''
*''
Senegalia seigleri''
*''
Senegalia senegal
''Senegalia senegal'' (also known as ''Acacia senegal'') is a small thorny deciduous tree from the genus '' Senegalia'', which is known by several common names, including gum acacia, gum arabic tree, Sudan gum and Sudan gum arabic. In parts of I ...
''
*''
Senegalia serra''
*''
Senegalia somalensis''
*''
Senegalia sororia''
*''
Senegalia stenocarpa''
*''
Senegalia stipitata''
*''
Senegalia subangulata''
*''
Senegalia subsessilis''
*''
Senegalia sulitii''
*''
Senegalia tamarindifolia'' — Tamarind-leaf acacia
*''
Senegalia tanganyikensis''
*''
Senegalia tanjorensis''
*''
Senegalia tawitawiensis''
*''
Senegalia taylorii''
*''
Senegalia teniana''
*''
Senegalia tenuifolia''
*''
Senegalia tephrodermis''
*''
Senegalia thailandica''
*''
Senegalia thomasii''
*''
Senegalia tonkinensis''
*''
Senegalia torta''
*''
Senegalia trijuga''
*''
Senegalia tucumanensis''
*''
Senegalia × turneri''
*''
Senegalia velutina''
*''
Senegalia venosa''
*''
Senegalia verheijenii''
*''
Senegalia vietnamensis''
*''
Senegalia weberbaueri''
*''
Senegalia welwitschii''
*''
Senegalia westiana''
*''
Senegalia wrightii'' — catclaw, long-flower catclaw, Texas catclaw, Wright acacia, Wright's acacia, Wright catclaw, Wright catclaw acacia
*''
Senegalia yunnanensis''
*''
Senegalia × zamudioi''
*''
Senegalia zizyphispina''
Reassigned taxa
*''
Senegalia grandisiliqua'' , synonym of ''
Senegalia tenuifolia'' var. ''tenuifolia''
See also
* ''
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...
''
* ''
Acaciella
''Acaciella'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and its subfamily Mimosoideae. Its centre of diversity is along the Mexican Pacific coast. They are unarmed, have no extrafloral nectaries and the polyads ...
''
* ''
Mariosousa
''Mariosousa'' is a genus of 13 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus ''Acacia
''Acaci ...
''
* ''
Parasenegalia
''Parasenegalia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. It is found in tropical areas of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Species list
The genus ''Parasene ...
''
* ''
Pseudosenegalia
''Pseudosenegalia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees or shrubs endemic to Bolivia.[Vachellia
''Vachellia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or acacias. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Its species were considered members of genus '' Acacia'' until 2009. ''Vachellia'' ...]
''
References
{{Authority control
Fabaceae genera