Genus: Pithecellobium Mart.

Also sometimes placed in: Mimosaceae

• conserved (nom. cons.) with this spelling (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.11 & App. III) against the original spelling "Pithecollobium"
• also conserved against the heterotypic synonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Zygia P. Browne, nom. rej.

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1997. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part II. Pithecellobium, Cojoba, and Zygia. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(2):3–36.
  
• Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 209.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Check other nomenclature databases for Pithecellobium:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Seed (Pithecellobium dulce): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Pithecellobium unguis-cati): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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