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Senegalia hayesii is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.[2] It is native to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panamá, and Venezuela.[2]

Senegalia hayesii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Senegalia
Species:	S. hayesii
Binomial name
Senegalia hayesii (Benth.) Britton & Rose[2][3]
Synonyms[2]
Acacia acanthophylla (Britton & Rose) Standl. Acacia hayesii Benth. Acacia iguana Micheli Acacia telensis Standl. Senegalia acanthophylla Britton & Rose Senegalia iguana (Micheli) Britton & Rose Senegalia membranacea Britton & Rose Senegalia rekoana Britton & Rose

Description

Senegalia hayesii is a woody, clambering vine. The branches are a densely covered in very short soft hairs and have many small prickles. The bipinnate leaves are 30 to 40 cm. long, with 8 to 10 pairs of pinnae, each having 10-20 pairs of final leaflets. the midvein of the leaves is excentric. The flowers occur in spikes which are 10–12 mm long, and have calyces 2 mm long, with corollas 4 mm long.[3]

Taxonomy

It was first described by George Bentham in 1875 as Acacia hayesii,[2][4] from a specimen collected in Panama by S. Hayes,[4] and was redescribed in 1928 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose as Senegalia hayesii.[2][3]

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