Wooton, E.O. (1898), Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 25: 456-457 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Probably first collected with young fruit in the valley of Nazas in northern(?) Mexico by Gregg, May 10, 1847, and labelled "Bolsonde Mapimi." Collected also by Schott "between the Colorado and Santa Cruz River, Sonora," sometime in the early fifties. Pringle's plants collected in Arizona on mesas and in valleys in flower, Apr. 23, 1881, and in fruit, August 3, 1884, belong here as well as the specimen collected by Dr. Wilcox at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., May, 1892."

Sargent, C.S. (1902), The Silva of North America 13: 15-16, pl. DCXXVIII [basionym]

basionym of: Prosopis juliflora var. velutina (Wooton) Sarg. legitimate

Standley, P.C. (15 November 1926), Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1658 [basionym]

basionym of: Prosopis chilensis var. velutina (Wooton) Standl. legitimate

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1928), Rosales, Mimosaceae (Conclusio). North American Flora 23(3): 186 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Arizona [specimen collected by C. G. Pringle, April 23, 1881, is here taken as the type]."

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1928), Rosales, Mimosaceae (Conclusio). North American Flora 23(3): 186 [basionym]

basionym of: Neltuma velutina (Wooton) Britton & Rose legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 376-377 [secondary reference]

common name: Mesquite [n/a] common name: Velvet Mesquite [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 151 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prosopis juliflora var. velutina (Wooton) Sarg. legitimate

Perry, G. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Prosopis. Flora of Australia 12: 11, Map 8 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prosopis juliflora var. velutina (Wooton) Sarg. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Prosopis chilensis var. velutina (Wooton) Standl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Neltuma velutina (Wooton) Britton & Rose legitimate misapplication: Prosopis flexuosa DC. legitimate by Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 32 misapplication: Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. legitimate by Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 31

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Prosopis. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 378 [secondary reference]

common name: Quilpie Mesquite [n/a] common name: Velvet Mesquite [n/a]

Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 93 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prosopis juliflora var. velutina (Wooton) Sarg. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Prosopis chilensis var. velutina (Wooton) Standl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Neltuma velutina (Wooton) Britton & Rose legitimate misapplication: Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. legitimate by Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 31 misapplication: Prosopis flexuosa DC. legitimate by Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 32 misapplication: Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. legitimate by Entwisle, T.J., Maslin, B.R., Cowan, R.S. & Court, A.B. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Mimosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 658, Fig. 133c-e

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Hughes, C.E., Ringelberg, J.J., Lewis, G.P. & Catalano, S.A. (22 August 2022), Disintegration of the genus Prosopis L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade). Phytokeys 205: 185 [secondary reference]

• Type: "U.S.A. Arizona, without further locality, Pringle 13665 (lectotype NY [NY00003272]... isolectotypes: A [A00003470], CM [CM1091], MO [MO-954307])."

Hughes, C.E., Ringelberg, J.J., Lewis, G.P. & Catalano, S.A. (22 August 2022), Disintegration of the genus Prosopis L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade). Phytokeys 205: 185 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Neltuma velutina (Wooton) Britton & Rose legitimate

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