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Taxon: Prosopis nigra (Griseb.) Hieron.

Genus: Prosopis
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Mimosoideae tribe: Mimoseae. Also placed in: Mimosaceae
Nomen number: 29764
Place of publication: Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4:283. 1882
Name verified on: 04-Sep-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 04-Sep-2007
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: potential as shade/shelter   (fide J Arn Arb 57:506. 1976)
  • Animal food: potential as forage   (fide Trop Leg)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Western South America: Bolivia - Tarija
    Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman; Paraguay; Uruguay [w.]

References:

  • Bernardi, L. 1984. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. I. Boissiera 35:164.
  • Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
  • Burkart, A. 1976. A monograph of the genus Prosopis (Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor. 57:503.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  • Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia.
  • National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
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Synonyms:


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Images or nodulation data:

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  • 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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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?29764 (19 May 2013)

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