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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Venezuela (South America)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Venezuela (South America)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Steyermark, J. 1995. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Project.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/158
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Liogier, H. A. 1988. Spermatophyta: Leguminosae to Anacardiaceae. Descr. Fl. Puerto Rico & Adj. Isl. 2: 1–481.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1871
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Dwyer, J. D. & D. L. Spellman. 1981. A list of the Dicotyledoneae of Belize. Rhodora 83(834): 161–236.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1811
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Lemee, A. 1952. Legumineuses. vol. 2. In A. M. V. Lemée Fl. Guyane Franç. P. Lechevalier, Paris.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/167
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Adams, C. D. 1972. Fl. Pl. Jamaica 1–848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/61
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Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1): 1–152.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/444
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Elias, T. S. 1974. The genera of Mimosoideae (Leguminosae) in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 55(1): 67–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/161
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Cassens, D. L. & R. B. Miller. 1981. Wood Anatomy of the New World Pithecellobium (sensu lato). J. Arnold Arbor. 62(1): 1–44.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/153
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Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1506
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Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. N. S. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1031911
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Martínez Salas, E. M., M. Sousa Sánchez & C. H. Ramos Álvarez. 2001. Región de Calakmul, Campeche. Listados Floríst. México 22: 1–55.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018508
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Howard, R. A. 1988. Leguminosae. Fl. Lesser Antilles (Dicotyledoneae–Part 1) 4: 334–538.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1877
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Howard, R. A. 1955. The vegetation of Beata and Alta Vela Islands, Hispaniola. J. Arnold Arbor. 36(2–3): 209–239.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/298
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Pérez, A., M. Sousa Sánchez, A. M. Hanan-Alipi, F. Chiang Cabrera & P. Tenorio L. 2005. Vegetación terrestre. 65–110. In Biodivers. Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1030034
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Zamora Villalobos, N. 2010. Fabaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 119: 395–775.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100003899
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Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. 1–860. In O. Hokche, P. E. Berry & O. Huber Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Mart.:
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Floríst. México 1: 1–123.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/511
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Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072
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Leon, H. & H. Alain. 1951. Dicotiledoneas: Casuarinaceas a Meliaceas. Fl. Cuba 2: 1–456.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/65
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McVaugh, R. 1987. Leguminosae. 5: 1–786. In R. McVaugh Fl. Novo-Galiciana. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1314
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Britton, N. L. & J. N. Rose. 1928. Mimosaceae. 23(1): 1–76. In N. Amer. Fl. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/460
© Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Physical Description
Morphology
Physical Description
Perennial, Trees, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Trunk or stems armed with thorns, spines or prickles, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Extrafloral nectary glands on petiole, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Stipules spinose or bristles, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 4, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence terminal, Bra cts very small, absent or caducous, Bracteoles present, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals united, valvate, Petals greenish yellow, Stamens numerous, more than 10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruit twisted, Fruit spirally coiled or contorted, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit red, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seeds with appendage - aril, caruncle, funiculus, or strophiole.
Dr. David Bogler
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USDA NRCS PLANTS Database
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pithecellobium unguis-cati
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable
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