Name
Senegalia muricata (L.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23: 113. 1928.
Synonymy and types
Mimosa muricata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 2: 1504. 1759; Acacia muricata (L.) Willd., Sp. pl. 4: 1058. 1806. - TYPE: [lectotype (Howard 1988): t. 11 in Plumier (1755)].
Mimosa nigricans Vahl, Eclog. amer. 3: 37. (t. 29). 1807, nom. illeg., non Labillardière (1806; actual date of publication, March 1807); Acacia rohriana DC., Prod. 2: 457. 1825. - TYPE: Amer. meridionali, von Rohr s.n. [holotype: C (F photo)]. NOTE: Mimosa nigricans Labillardière (1806) is the basionym of Acacia nigricans R. Br. (Aiton 1813), an Australian species.
Acacia nudiflora Rich. in Willd., Sp. pl. 4: 1058. 1806. Mimosa nudiflora (Rich.) Rich. in Poir., Encycl. Suppl. 1: 65. 1810. - TYPE: VIRGIN ISLANDS. "Danish America" (holotype: B-Willd.; isotype: P).