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Senegalia

{{Short description|Genus of plants in the Fabaceae family, almost worldwide}}

{{Distinguish|Senigallia|Semigallia}}

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|image = Acacia_senegal_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-004.jpg

|image_caption = Senegalia senegal

|taxon = Senegalia

|authority = Raf. 1838

|type_species = Senegalia senegal

|type_species_authority = (L.) Britton & P. Wilson

|subdivision_ranks = Sections and species-groups

|subdivision_ref = {{cite journal |author1=Maslin BR |author2=Seigler DS |author3=Ebinger J. | title = New combinations in Senegalia and Vachellia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for Southeast Asia and China. | journal = Blumea | volume = 58 | issue = 1 | pages = 39–44 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.3767/000651913X669914|url=http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/565064 }}

|subdivision =

  • Section Senegalia
  • Section Monacanthea
  • Caesia species-group
  • Hainanensis species-group
  • Rugata species-group
  • Pennata species-group
  • Teniana species-group

|synonyms = *Acacia subgen. Aculeiferum Vassal sect. Aculeiferum Pedley

  • Austroacacia Mill.
  • Dugandia Britton & Killip 1936
  • Manganaroa Speg. 1921

| range_map = Senegalia Distribution Map.svg

| range_map_alt = World map showing distribution of Senegalia throughout the tropics

| range_map_caption = The range of the genus Senegalia

}}

Senegalia (from Senegal and Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.){{cite book |last1=Quattrocchi |first1=Umberto |title=R - Z. |date=2000 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton, FL |isbn=9780849326783 |page=2458}} 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.{{cite journal |author1=Seigler DS |author2=Ebinger JE |author3=Miller JT. | title = The genus Senegalia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the New World. | journal = Phytologia | volume = 88 | issue = 1 | pages = 38–93 | year = 2006 |doi=10.5962/bhl.part.17845 | doi-access = free }}{{cite journal |author1=Kyalangalilwa B |author2=Boatwright JS |author3=Daru BH |author4=Maurin O |author5=van der Bank M. | title = Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. | journal = Bot J Linn Soc | volume = 172 | issue = 4 | pages = 500–523 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/boj.12047 | doi-access = free | hdl = 10566/3454 | hdl-access = free }}

The genus was considered polyphyletic and required further division,{{cite journal |author1=Miller JT |author2=Seigler D. | title = Evolutionary and taxonomic relationships of Acacia s.l. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). | journal = Aust Syst Bot | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 217–224 | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1071/SB11042 |s2cid=84672750 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5647867 }} with the genera Parasenegalia and Pseudosenegalia accepted soon after.

Senegalia can be distinguished from other acacias by its spicate inflorescences and non-spinescent stipules.{{cite journal | author = Dyer C. | year = 2014 | title = New names for the African Acacia species in Vachellia and Senegalia | journal = Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science | volume = 76 | issue = 4 | pages = iii | doi = 10.2989/20702620.2014.980090| doi-access = | bibcode = 2014SFJFS..76D...3D }}

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.

Species list

Senegalia comprises the following 222 species, as of February 2021:{{cite web |title=Senegalia Raf. |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30003347-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=27 February 2021}}

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Category:Fabaceae genera