Name

Senegalia lasiophylla (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger, comb. nov. 

Synonymy and types

Basionym:  Acacia lasiophylla Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30:  527.  1875.  - TYPE:  BRAZIL.  MINAS GERAIS:  Habitat in sepibus ad Salgado provinciae Minas Gerais, Aug, Martius 6172 [holotype:  M (F photo, G, K photo, MO photo); isotype: G].  NOTE:  In the original description, Bentham (1875) gave only the locality (as "Minas Geraes"), but he did not cite a collector.  This was corrected by Bentham in 1876a where he cited Martius 6172.