Piscidia piscipula

Piscidia piscipula

Piscidia piscipula

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: Faboideae
Tribus: Millettieae
Genus: Piscidia
Species: Piscidia piscipula

Name

Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg., 1891

Synonyms

• Erythrina piscidioides Sweet
• Erythrina piscipula L.
• Ichthyomethia communis S.F.Blake
• Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitchc.
• Ichthyomethia piscipula var. typica Stehlé & Quentin
• Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst.
• Piscidia erythrina L.
• Piscidia inebrians Medik.
• Piscidia toxicaria Salisb.
• Robinia alata Mill.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuelan Antilles Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá Continental: Northern America Regional: Caribbean Florida Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Galápagos, Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sargent, C.S. 1891. Garden and Forest; a Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art and Forestry 4:436.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Piscidia piscipula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Piscidia piscipula. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Piscidia piscipula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Piscidia piscipula. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 07. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Piscidia piscipula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

español: Borrego De Cerro, Borrego Prieto

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