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231.0000 Family Zygophyllaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 545 (1814), nom. cons.
26 genera, ca. 280 spp.
Species listed in database: 290; hybrids: 1
= Agialidaceae Wettst.; Handb. Syst. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 620 (1911)
= Balanitaceae M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 26 (1846), nom. cons.
= Tribulaceae Trautv.; Estestv. Istor. Gub. Kievsk. Uchebn. Okr. Bot. Sist. 28 (1853)
231.4003 Genus Porlieria Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 55, t. 9 (1794)
Distribution: Mexico, Andes
Species listed in database: 5
species :
Porlieria angustifolia (Engelm.) A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 28 (1852)
Name: Texas lignum-vitae
Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Coahuila)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Guaiacum angustifolium Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 113 (1848)
species :
Porlieria arida Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 15 (1896)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: known only from type
species :
Porlieria chilensis I.M.Johnst.; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 253 (1938)
Name: Guayacán, palo santo [Chile]
Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins)
85 CLE
species :
Porlieria hygrometra Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 4: t. 343, Syst. Veg. 94 (1802)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Guaiacum hygrometrum (Ruiz & Pav.) Baill.; Traite Bot. Mèd. Phan. 2: 886 (1884)
= Porlieria hygrometrica Pav. ex A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 28 (1852)
species :
Porlieria microphylla (Baill.) Descole, O´Donell & Lourteig; Lilloa 5: 329 (1940)
Name: Chucupe
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Uruguay (Colonia, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Guaiacum microphyllum Baill.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 10: 315 (1872)
= Porlieria lorentzii Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 84 (1890)
= Porlieria steinbachii Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 162 (1936)
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