Pithecellobium dulce

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Pithecellobium
Species:

Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth., 1844

Homotypic
- Albizia dulcis (Roxb.) F.Muell., Select Pl.: 12 (1872)
- Feuilleea dulcis (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891)
- Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1005 (1806)
- Mimosa dulcis Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 67 (1798)
- Zygia dulcis (Benth.) A.Lyons, Pl. Nam., ed. 2: 503 (1907)
Heterotypic
- Acacia obliquifolia M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 317 (1843)
- Feuilleea bertolonii (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891)
- Inga camatchili Perr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 122 (1825)
- Inga javana DC., Prodr. 2: 436 (1825)
- Inga lanceolata Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 2: 370 (1845), nom. illeg.
- Inga leucantha C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 495 (1845)
- Inga nitens M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 319 (1843)
- Inga pungens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1004 (1806)
- Mimosa monilifera Bertol., Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 3: 142 (1840)
- Mimosa pungens Poir., J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 36 (1810)
- Pithecellobium bertolonii Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 588 (1875)
- Pithecellobium littorale Britton & Rose ex Record, Trop. Woods 11: 15 (1927)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Andaman Is., Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Doubtfully present in:
  - Suriname

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