Fabaceae

Caesalpinia Plum. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 380 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SE. Mexico to Peru, Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 262.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 178 (1754) as Caesalpina.
  • Sp. Pl.: 380 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 178 (1754) (as “ Caesalpina ”)
  • Sp. Pl.: 380 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Owens, S.J., USA 52813.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [12347], Peru 53643.000 No
Owens, S.J., USA 54082.000 No
Harley, R.M. [26985], Brazil 54734.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [13871], Ecuador 60666.000 No
Villacorta, R. [2276], El Salvador K000661636 No
Hatschbach, G. [76102], Mato Grosso do Sul K000680849 Yes
André, E.F. [289], Bolivia K000724186 No
MACQUEEN, D.J. [427], Mexico K000661639 No
Fonseca, M.L. [1438], Goiás K000680848 Yes
Palmer, E. [1055], Mexico K000661643 No
Diego, N. [5748], Mexico K000661642 No
MACQUEEN, D.J. [427], Mexico K000661637 No
MACQUEEN, D.J. [427], Mexico K000661640 No
MACQUEEN, D.J. [427], Mexico K000661638 No
Harley, R.M. [54457], Bahia K000680850 Yes
MACQUEEN, D.J. [427], Mexico K000661641 No
Kuhlmann, M. [3648], São Paulo K000680847 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132333 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [494], Goiás K000841426 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0