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235.0000 Family Fabaceae Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 22: ad t. 1845 (1836), nom. cons., nom. alt.
728 genera, ca. 22.300 spp. Phylogeny and new subfamily system: Azani et al. (LPWG) (2017)
Species listed in database: 22404; hybrids: 149
= Acaciaceae E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 1: 164 (1836)
= Aspalathaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 51 (1820)
= Astragalaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Bauhiniaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 67 (1820)
= Caesalpiniaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 551 (1814), nom. cons.
= Cassiaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 270, 291 (1818)
= Ciceraceae Steele; Handb. Field Bot. [Steele] xx, 63 (1847)
= Coronillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 162 (1820)
= Cytisaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Dalbergiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Daleaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Detariaceae (DC.) J.Hess; Uebers. Phan. Nat. Pfl.-Fam. 46 (1832)
= Galedupaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 277 (1820)
= Geoffroeaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Hedysaraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Inocarpaceae Zoll.; Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. [Zollinger] 2: 117 (1854-1855)
= Lathyraceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 660, 1092, 1138 (1835)
= Leguminosae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 345 (1789), nom. cons.
= Lotaceae Oken; Lehrb. Naturgesch. 2(2.2): xv, 727 (1826)
= Mimosaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 551 (1814), nom. cons.
= Papilionaceae Giseke; Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 415 (1792), nom. cons., nom. alt.
= Phaseolaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Robiniaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 270, 291 (1818)
= Sophoraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Swartziaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 231, 413 (1830)
= Tamarindaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 622 (1820)
= Trifoliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Viciaceae Oken; Lehrb. Naturgesch. 2(2.2): xv (1826)
235.5515 Genus Caesalpinia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 380 (1753)
Distribution: neotropics, mostly Caribbean. Redefinition of the Caesalpinia-group see Gagnon & Lewis 2016
Species listed in database: 10
species :
Caesalpinia anacantha Urb.; Ark. Bot. 20A(5): 11 (1926)
Distribution: Haiti
81 HIS
species :
Caesalpinia bahamensis Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 461 (1783)
subspecies :
subsp. bahamensis
Name: Brasil, Brasilete, Brasilete colorado, Brasilete morado, Palo Brasil, Palo de rosa, Palo de tinta, Palo Pernambuco (Cuba), Brasil (Dominican Republic)
Distribution: Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Dominican Republic
81 BAH CUB HIS TCI
Synonyms: hidden
= Caesalpinia reticulata Britton; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 118 (1906)
subspecies :
subsp. orientensis Borhidi; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22(3-4): 300 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
subspecies :
subsp. rugeliana (Urb.) Borhidi; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22(3-4): 300 (1976 publ. 1977)
Name: Brasilete (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Caesalpinia rugeliana Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 278 (1900)
species :
Caesalpinia barahonensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 509 (1913)
Name: Brasil (Dominican Republic), Bresillette, Bresillet (Haiti)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti
81 HIS
species :
Caesalpinia brasiliensis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 380 (1753)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Brasilettia brasiliensis (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 164 (1891)
= Peltophorum linnaei Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 75 (1840), nom. superfl.
species :
Caesalpinia cassioides Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 444 (1809)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Huila, Valle); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Caesalpinia andreana Micheli; J. Bot. [Morot] 6: 193 (1892)
= Caesalpinia bicolor C.H.Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 22 (1896)
= Caesalpinia cassioides var. pardoana (Harms) J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3): 191 (1943)
= Caesalpinia pardoana Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 92 (1908)
= Caesalpinia insignis (Kunth) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 133 (1821)
= Poinciana cassioides (Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 448 (1816)
= Poinciana insignis Kunth; Mimoses, t. 44 (1823)
species :
Caesalpinia domingensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 279 (1900)
Distribution: Dominican Republic
81 HIS
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Caesalpinia monensis Britton; Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 377 (1924)
Distribution: Puerto Rico (Mona Isl.)
81 PUE
species :
Caesalpinia nipensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 444 (1928)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Poincianella nipensis (Urb.) Britton; N. Amer. Fl. 23: 335 (1930)
species :
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.; Observ. Bot. Ind. Occ. 166 (1791)
Name: Pride-of-Barbados (EN), Dul-dul (ES)
Distribution: Egypt [I]; Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Sao Vicente Isl. [I]); Gambia [I]; Guinea [I]; Sierra Leone [I]; Liberia [I]; Mali [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ivory Coast [I]; Ghana [I]; Benin [I]; Niger [I]; Nigeria [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; São Tomé [I]; Annobon Isl. [I]; Equatorial Guinea [I]; Central African Republic [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Chad [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Somalia [I]; Uganda [I]; Kenya [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Malawi [I]; Namibia [I]; South Africa [I] (Gauteng [I], Mpulamanga [I], KwaZulu-Natal [I]); Madagascar [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; China [I] (?Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], ?Hainan [I], Yunnan [I], Hongkong [I]); Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; India [I]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Borneo [I]; Brunei [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Moluccas [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea [I]; Bismarck Arch. [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I] (´Eua [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; N-Line Isl. [I] (Tabueran [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Aitutaki [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Huahine [I], Raiatea [I], Maupiti [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Ulithi [I], Fais [I], Woleai [I], Ifalik [I], Lamotrek [I], Satawal [I], Murilo [I], Truk [I], Namoluk [I], Etal [I], Lukunor [I], Satawan [I], Pohnpei [I], Mokil [I], Pingelap [I], Kosrae [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Likiep [I], Arno [I], Jaluit [I]); USA [I] (Arizona [I], California [I], Florida [I], Texas [I]); Mexico [I] (widespread); Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Anguilla [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Antigua [I]; Barbuda [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Putumayo, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vichada); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre); Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Galapagos [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Bonduc pulcherrimus (L.) M.Gómez; Fl. Cuba [M.Gómez & Roig] 120 (1914), in adnot., pro syn.
= Caesalpinia hispida (G.Don) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 1495 (1840)
= Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. flava (O.Deg.) H.St.John; Mem. Pacific Trop. Bot. Gard. 1 (List Fl. Pl. Hawaiian Isl.): 179 (1973)
= Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. insignis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 166 (1891)
= Poinciana alata Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] 333 (1768)
= Poinciana bijuga Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 333 (1768), nom. illeg.
= Poinciana hispida G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 433 (1832)
= Poinciana pulcherrima f. flava (F.T.Hubb. & Rehder) O.Deg.; Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] 169b: s. p. (1938)
= Poinciana pulcherrima L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 380 (1753)
= Poinciana pulcherrima var. flava F.T.Hubb. & Rehder; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: 9 (1932)
= Poinciana pulchra Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 326 (1796), nom. superfl.
species :
Caesalpinia secundiflora Urb.; Ark. Bot. 21A(5): 92 (1927)
Distribution: Haiti
81 HIS
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