Taxon:
Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:375. 1753
Verified:
01/22/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
- Bernardi, L. 1984. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. I. Boissiera 35:263.
- Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: introduced
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- Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
- Burkart, A. E. 1952. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Parkinsonia+aculeata&quantity=1
- Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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Common names
English
Barbados flowerfence –
horse-bean –
Jerusalem-thorn –
Mexican paloverde –
retaima –
French
arrêtenègre –
German
Jerusalemdorn –
Portuguese
espinheiro-de-Jerusalém –
Portuguese (Brazil)
cina-cina –
espinho-de-jerusalém –
rosa-da-Turquia –
turco –
Spanish
espinillo –
palo de rayo –
palo verde mejicano –
Swedish
jerusalemtörne –
Transliterated Arabic
sessaban –
Distribution
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Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | s. |
Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Chaco | |
Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Formosa | |
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Native
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona (s.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Sonora, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Ecuador [Galápagos], Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Salta, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero], Paraguay, Uruguay
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
Australasia
Northern America
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Central America, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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REGION:
South America
Economic Uses
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Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Bee plants | honey production | | Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. |
Environmental | erosion control | | National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production |
Environmental | ornamental | | National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production |
Fuels | charcoal | | National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production |
Fuels | fuelwood | | National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
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