Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia

• Published in: Botanical journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 172; no. 4; pp. 500 - 523
• Main Authors: Kyalangalilwa, Bruce, Boatwright, James S., Daru, Barnabas H., Maurin, Olivier, van der Bank, Michelle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2013; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Acacia; Acaciella; Australia; Fabaceae; Mariosousa; Mimosoideae; molecular phylogeny; taxonomy

Previous phylogenetic studies have indicated that Acacia Miller s.l. is polyphyletic and in need of reclassification. A proposal to conserve the name Acacia for the larger Australian contingent of the genus (formerly subgenus Phyllodineae) resulted in the retypification of the genus with the Austral...