Name
Senegalia gilliesii (Steud.) Seigler & Ebinger, comb. nov.
Synonymy and types
Basionym: Acacia gilliesii Steud., Nomencl. bot. 2: 5. 1841; Acacia furcata Gillies ex Hook. & Arn., Bot. Misc. 3: 206. 1833, nom. illeg., non (Desf.) Desv. (1814); Manganaroa furcata (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Speg., Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. (Córdoba) 26: 228. (fig. 11). 1921; Acacia furcatispina Burkart, Darwiniana 7: 512. 1947. - TYPE: ARGENTINA. MENDOZA: uncultivated places at the foot of the Andes of Mendoza, Dr. Gillies s.n. [lectotype, designated here: E (K photo, SI photo); isolectotypes: F, K]; [paralectotype: Buenos Ayres (cultivated), Tweedie s.n.]. NOTE: Acacia furcata (Desf.) Desv. (1814) is an African Prosopis species.