Parkinsonia aculeata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Parkinsonia
Species: Parkinsonia aculeata

Name

Parkinsonia aculeata L., Sp. Pl.: 375 (1753).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Parkinsonia inermis Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 345 (1825).
- Parkinsonia spinosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 335 (1824).
- Parkinsonia thornberi M.E.Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 12: 12 (1908).

Hybrids

Parkinsonia × carterae Hawkins

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America
- Regional: S. U.S.A. to N. Argentina
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil South, California, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Queensland, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 375.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Parkinsonia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jul 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Parkinsonia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: Jul 21 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Parkinsonia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jul 2019.
Hassler, M. Jul. Parkinsonia aculeata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. Jul. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: Jul 21 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Parkinsonia aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Jerusalemsdorn
English: Jerusalem thorn
español: espinillo
français: Épine de Jérusalem

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