Pithecellobium

Pithecellobium dulce

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: Ingeae
Genus: Pithecellobium
Species: P. bipinnatum – P. circinale – P. cynodonticum – P. diversifolium – P. domingense – P. dulce – P. excelsum – P. furcatum – P. histrix – P. hymenaeifolium – P. johansenii – P. keyense – P. lanceolatum – P. macrandrium – P. nicoyanum – P. oblongum – P. peckii – P. roseum – P. salutare – P. striolatum – P. subglobosum – P. unguis-cati – P. velutinum – P. winzerlingii
Nothospecies: P. x bahamense –

Name

Pithecellobium C. Martius Flora 20(2, Beibl.): 114. (1837)

• Type species: Pithecellobium unguis-cati Benth. London J. Bot., 3: 200. (1844)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Spiroloba Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 119. (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela Regional: Western South America Ecuador Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Florida Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Martius, C.F.P. von 1837. Flora 20(2, Beibl.): 114.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pithecellobium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pithecellobium. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pithecellobium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pithecellobium. Published online. Accessed: October 16 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: قرط القرد
English: blackbead
русский: Питецеллобиум
ไทย: สกุลมะขามเทศ
Tiếng Việt: Chi Me keo
中文: 牛蹄豆属

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