Fabaceae

Parkinsonia Plum. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 375 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Djibouti to Kenya, Angola to S. Africa, Dry Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, California, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Cyprus, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Florida, Free State, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Libya, Louisiana, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Queensland, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Utah, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 266.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed.5: 177 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 375 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Brenan in K.B. 17: 203 (1963)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 177 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 375 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E. [1298] Mexico K:SPC-55908.000 No
Melchor-Castro, RB; Arista, P.; Balvin, R [1218] Peru K001612330 No
Hughes, C.E.; Daza, A.; Forrest, R. [2213] Peru K000264611 Type Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Daza, A.; Forrest, R. [2213] Peru K000264614 Type Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Daza, A.; Forrest, R. [2213] Peru K000264613 Type Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Daza, A.; Forrest, R. [2213] Peru K000264612 Isotype Yes
Hinton, G.B. [6040] Mexico K000119732 Yes
Johnston, I.M. [3592] Mexico Cercidium K000264588 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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