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Taxon:
Pithecellobium unguis-cati
(L.) Benth.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pithecellobium
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
28717
Place of publication:
London J. Bot. 3:200. 1844
Verified:
09/14/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa unguis-cati
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Zygia unguis-cati
(L.) Sudw.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pithecellobium pulchellum
Pittier
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Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes.
1997. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part II.
Pithecellobium
,
Cojoba
, and
Zygia
. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(2):17.
Britton, N. L. et al., eds. ser. 1; C. T. Rogerson, ed. ser. 2.
1905-1972. North American flora
Note:
ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Gooding, E. G. et al.
1965. Flora of Barbados.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Isely, D.
1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):116.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds.
1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:85.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Rico, L. & T. Pennington.
2012. Review of
Fabaceae
Neotropical Mimosoideae data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Common names
English
blackbead –
Reference(s)
cat's-claw –
Reference(s)
French
ongles de chat –
Reference(s)
Spanish
arranca pellejo –
Reference(s)
uña de gato –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
n. (cult.?)
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
n.
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
n.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Bermuda
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
,
Bahamas
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
(n. (cult.?)),
Venezuela
(n.)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
(n.)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Bermuda
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds.
1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:85.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References