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Taxon: Prosopis reptans Benth.

Genus: Prosopis
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Mimosoideae tribe: Mimoseae. Also placed in: Mimosaceae
Nomen number: 316400
Place of publication: J. Bot. (Hooker) 4:352. 1841
Name verified on: 04-Sep-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
MA*, NC*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • prosópis   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • tornilla   (Source: F Tex ) – Spanish   [Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Western South America: Peru - Huancavelica
    Southern South America: Argentina - Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman

References:

  • Burkart, A. 1976. A monograph of the genus Prosopis (Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor. 57:459.
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • 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
More:

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Prosopis reptans Benth.:


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].
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316400 (18 May 2013)

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