Senegalia ataxacantha(DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

WFO wfo-0001336544 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-20 / obs. 202246740
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188989958
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182957469
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. d Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163107620
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140855228
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140455005
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140600449
Senegalia ataxacantha, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140452442

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Native range 29 botanical countries

Regions where Senegalia ataxacantha is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Eswatini, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonCape ProvincesCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadEswatiniGuineaIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Senegalia ataxacantha, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Eswatini SWZ
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acacia afra var. rupestris Sim
  • Acacia ataxacantha DC.
  • Acacia ataxacantha var. australis Burtt Davy
  • Acacia ataxantha DC. ex Taub.
  • Acacia caffra var. rupestris Sim
  • Acacia eriadenia Benth.
  • Acacia lugardiae N.E.Br.
  • Albizia mossambicensis Bolle

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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