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Taxon: Pithecellobium flexicaule (Benth.) J. M. Coult.

Synonym of Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes

Genus: Pithecellobium
Family: Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Nomen number: 100167
Place of publication: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2:101. 1891
Name verified on: 01-May-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Economic importance:


References:

  • Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):175.
  • Britton, N. L. et al., eds. ser. 1; C. T. Rogerson, ed. ser. 2. 1928. North American flora ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972 (N Amer fl) 23(1):33. [= Ebenopsis flexicaulis (Benth.) Britt. & Rose].
  • Gunn, C. R. 1984. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1681:154. [may be referable to Ebenopsis (fide I. C. Nielsen)].
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits) [accepts].
  • Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):116. [accepts].
  • Muller, C. H. 1979. A new combination in Pithecellobium. Phytologia 41:386.
  • Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas. (Leg Tex) [accepts].
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Check other databases for Pithecellobium flexicaule (Benth.) J. M. Coult.:

  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100167 (16 March 2009)

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