Senegalia rugata (Lam.) Britton & Rose

Maslin, B. R., Seigler, D. S. & Ebinger, J., 2013, New combinations in Senegalia and Vachellia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) for Southeast Asia and China, Blumea 58 (1), pp. 39-44 : 41

20. Senegalia rugata (Lam.) Britton & Rose

Senegalia rugata (Lam.) Britton & Rose (1928) 120. — Mimosa rugata Lam., Encycl. 1 (1783) 20. — Type: Sonnerat s.n. (holo P-LAM), India.

Mimosa concinna Willd.,Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 4 (2) (1806) 1039. — Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC. (1825) 464. — Type: D. Klein s.n. (holo B-WILLD), Ind. Or.

Acacia rugata Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. (1842) 514. — Type: Wallich Cat. no. 5251 (holo K-WALL).

Distribution — India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar ( Burma), Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsula), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sumba, Flores, Sulawesi, Ambon, Moluccas, Kai Is.), Singapore, Philippines, Papua New Guinea; introduced Madagascar, Reunion & Mauritius.

Note — As discussed by Nielsen (1980: 349) the entities described as A. rugata and A. concinna have at times been treated as separate species or as varieties of the one species, but he considered that they are conspecific and correctly applied the name A. concinna to the combined entity. Under Senegalia , however, the correct name for this entity is S. rugata . It is regrettable that the well-known epithet concinna must be replaced, however, it may possibly be reinstated in the future if studies show that it is best to recognize two taxa for what is here called S. rugata .