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Taxon: Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq.

Genus: Piscidia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Millettieae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 28634
Place of publication: Enum. syst. pl. 27. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 210. 1763)
Name verified on: 09-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 04-Aug-2006
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico [w. & s.]
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Cuba; Puerto Rico; West Indies [Lesser Antilles]
    Mesoamerica: Central America
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru [n.]

References:

  • Howard, R. A. 1973. The Enumeratio and Selectarum of Nicolaus von Jacquin. J. Arnold Arbor. 54:435–470.
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  • Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  • Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964–1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  • Rudd, V. E. 1969. A synopsis of the genus Piscidia (Leguminosae). Phytologia 18:490.
More:

Check other web resources for Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
  • 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.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28634 (23 May 2013)

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