Evolutionary and taxonomic relationships of Acacia s. l. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) Author Miller, Joseph T. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, The Australian National Herbarium, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia joe.miller@csiro.au Author Seigler, David Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA text Australian Systematic Botany 2012 2012-06-06 25 217 224 journal article 10.1071/SB11042 5647867

Table 1. Current status of generic names applied to higher-level monophyletic units of Acacia s.l. New combinations have been published for the American and Australian species, whereas only a few new combinations have been proposed for the African and Asianspecies (Banfi and Galasso 2008; Mabberley 2008; Seigler and Ebinger 2010). No specieshavenaturally occurringrangesin both Africa andthe Americas

Pedley 1978	Pedley 1986	Generalised distribution	Genus, post retypification (2005)
Acacia subg. Phyllodineae	Racosperma	Australia, Pacific region	Acacia s.s. (type A. penninervis)
Acacia subg. Acacia (type A. nilotica)	Acacia	Americas, Africa, Asia	Vachellia
Acacia subg. Aculeiferum	Senegalia sect. Senegalia	Americas, Africa, Asia	Senegalia
Acacia subg. Aculeiferum. sect. Filicineae	Senegalia sect. Filicinae	Americas	Acaciella
Acacia subg. Aculeiferum ‘coulteri group’	Senegalia sect. Senegalia	Americas	Mariosousa
Acacia subg. Aculeiferum ‘skleroxyla’ group	Senegalia sect. Senegalia	Americas	Not presently recognised