Senegalia laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger
First published in Phytologia 91: 27 (2009)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & Tropical Africa, Israel (Arvan Velley), Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Cuba
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Acacia laeta R.Br. ex Benth. in London J. Bot. 1: 508 (1842)
- Acacia modesta var. laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Roberty in Candollea 11: 154 (1948)
- Acacia senegal var. laeta (R.Br. ex Benth.) Roberty in Candollea 11: 154 (1948)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acacia trentiniani A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Congr. Intern. Bot.: 272 (1900 publ. 1901)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae. Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 1, 1998 | Madsen, J.E. [6051], Mali | Acacia laeta | K000386469 | No | |
illegible [s.n] | Acacia laeta | K000244153 | Yes | ||
Madsen, J.E. [5988], Burkina Faso | Acacia laeta | K000386468 | No | ||
Diallo, D. [282], Mali | Acacia laeta | K000386470 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images