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Taxon: Haematoxylum campechianum L.

Genus: Haematoxylum
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Caesalpinieae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 18172
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:384. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 03-Apr-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Apr-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • logwood   (Source: J Amer Acad Dermatol) – English

Economic importance:

  • Bee plants   (fide Leg World 135. 2005)
  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Leg World 135. 2005)
  • Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (source of histochemical stain hematoxylin fide J. Amer. Acad. Dermatology 34:149-151. 1996)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize [n.]; Guatemala [n.]; Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatan

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere in tropics

References:

  • PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. 1994. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (Dye Pl)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR)
  • Migahid, A. M. 1988–1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. (F Saudi ed3)
  • National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg)
  • Norton, S. A. 1996. J. Amer. Acad. Dermatolgy. 34:149–151.
  • Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
  • Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Published in Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981 (L Belize)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
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Check other databases for Haematoxylum campechianum L.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?18172 (09 February 2010)

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