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Taxon: Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze

Genus: Caesalpinia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Caesalpinieae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 8311
Place of publication: Revis. gen. pl. 3(2):54. 1898
Name verified on: 26-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Mar-2004
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina; Chile [n.]

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  • Britton, N. L. et al., eds. ser. 1; C. T. Rogerson, ed. ser. 2. North American flora ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972 [= Tara spinosa (Molina) Britton & Rose].
  • Burkart, A. E. 1952. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2.
  • Camargo, L. A. G. 1970–. Catalogo ilustrado de las plantas de Cundinamarca (Colombia).
  • Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance.
  • Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. [cultivated].
  • Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  • Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):47.
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
  • Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia.
  • Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
  • Lewis, G. P. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Caesalpinoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e–mail on 17 Jan. [= Tara spinosa].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
  • Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 54.
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  • Ulibarri, E. A. 1996. Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de sudamérica. Darwiniana 34:329.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.

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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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?8311 (25 May 2013)

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