African species

Currently accepted names of African Acacia Species including Madagascar.

Status: 31.9.2012
Total: 155 species (including 5 hybrids)

Aca = subgenus Acacia ---> will be Vachellia
Acu = subspecies Aculeiferum ---> will be Senegalia
Ph = subspecies Phyllodineae (only Madagascar)  ---> will be Acacia

Most African species have not yet been renamed according to the new taxonomy.

abyssinica, Aca; extending also into Asia
adenocalyx, Acu
amythethophylla, Aca
ancistroclada, Aca
andongensis, Acu
ankokib, Acu
antunesii, Aca
arenaria, Aca
asak, Aca, extending also into Asia
ataxacantha, Acu
baronii, Acu, (Madagascar)
bavazzanoi, Aca
bellula, Aca,(Madagascar)
borlea, Aca
brevispica, Acu
bricchettiana, Aca
bullockii, Aca
burkei, Acu
burttii, Aca
bussei, Aca
caffra, Acu
caraniana, Acu
cernua, Aca
chariessa, Acu
cheilanthifolia, Acu
ciliolata, Acu
circummarginata, Acu
condyloclada, Acu
davyi, Aca
delagoense, Acu
densispina, Acu
dolichocephala, Aca
drepanolobium, Aca
dudgeoni, Acu
dyeri, Aca
ebutsiniorum, Aca
edgeworthii, Aca, extending also into Asia
ehrenbergiana, Aca, extending also into Asia
elatior, Aca, extending also into Asia
eriocarpa, Acu
erioloba, Aca
erioloba x haematoxylon, Aca
erubescens, Acu
erythrocalix, Acu
erythrophloea, Aca
etbaica, Aca, extending also into Asia
exuvialis, Aca
fischeri, Aca
flaggelaris, Acu
fleckii, Acu
fumosa, Acu
galpinii, Acu
gerrardii, Aca
goetzei, Acu
gourmaensis, Acu
grandicornuta, Aca
gummifera, Aca
haematoxylon, Aca
hamulosa, Acu, extending also into Asia
hebeclada, Aca
hecatophylla, Acu
hereroensis, Acu
heterophylla, Ph, (Mascarene Islands)
hildebrandtii, Acu, (Madagascar)
hockii, Aca, extending also into Asia
horrida, Aca
hydnaspica, Aca
kamerunensis, Acu
karro, Aca, extending also into Asia
kirkii, Aca
kosiensis, Aca
kraussiana, Acu
laeta (hybrid), Acu, extending also into Asia
lahai, Aca
lasiopetala, Aca
latistipulata, Acu
leucophaea
leucospira, Aca
luederitzii, Aca
lujai, Aca
macalusoi, Acu
macrostachya, Acu
macrothyrsa, Acu
malacocephala, Aca
manubensis, Acu
mbuluensis, Acu
mellifera, Acu, extending also into Asia
menabeensis, Acu, (Madagascar)
meridionalis, Acu, (Madagascar)
moggii, Acu
montigena, Acu
montis-usti, Acu
myrmecophyla, Aca, (Madagascar)
natalitia, Aca
nebrownii, Aca
negri, Aca
nigrescens, Acu
nilotica, Aca, extending also into Asia
nubica, Aca
nubica x paolii, Aca
ochracea, Acu
oerfota, Aca, extending also into Asia
ogadensis, Acu
oliveri, Acu
ormocarpoides, Aca
paolii, Aca, extending also into Asia
pennivenia, Aca
pentagona, Acu
permixta, Aca
persiciflora, Acu
pervillei, Acu (Madagascar)
pillispina, Aca
polhillii, Acu, (Madagascar)
polyacantha, subsp. campylacantha, Acu
prasinata, Aca
previllei, Acu, (Madagascar)
pseudofistula, Aca
pseudonigrescens, Acu
quandalensis, Aca
quintanilhae, Aca
reficiens, Acu
rehmanniana, Aca
robbertsei, Aca
robusta, Aca
robynsiana, Acu
rovumae, Acu
sakalava, Acu, (Madagascar)
sarcophylla, Aca
schlechteri, Acu
schweinfurthii, Acu
sekhukhuniensis, Aca (= Ross Nr.131)
senegal, Acu, extending also into Asia
seyal, Aca, extending also into Asia
seyal var. fistula x xanthophloea, Aca
sieberiana, Aca
somalensis, Acu
stuhlmannii, Aca
swazica, Aca
tanganyikensis, Acu
taylorii, Acu
tenuispina, Aca
tephrodermis, Acu
tetrophylla, Acu?
theronii, Aca
thomasii, Acu
torrei, Aca
tortilis, Aca, extending also into Asia
turnbulliana, Aca
venosa, Acu
viguieri, Aca, (Madagascar)
walwalensis, Aca
welwitschii, Acu
xanthophloea, Aca
xiphoclada, Ph, (Madagascar)
zanzibarica, Aca
zizyphispina, Acu

other names