Caesalpinia echinata

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Genus Caesalpinia

Trees , shrubs and woody climbers . Leaves large, bipinnate. Flowers yellow or red, often showy. Racemes paniculate , in the upper leaf axils or terminal . Calyx teeth 5, imbricate in the bud, the lowest outside. Petals orbicular , clawed, imbricate. Stamens 10, free . Ovary sessile, usually few ovuled. Pod various, sometimes covered with spines.

About 280 species, distributed in tropics and sub-tropics.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Guilandina echinata (Lam.)sprengel

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1994-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Caesalpinia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 70 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. acapulcensis (Cuasillo) · C. angulata (Yerba Buena) · C. argentina (Camiri) · C. bonduc (Anoso) · C. bracteosa (Catingueira) · C. cacalaco (Cascalote) · C. caladenia (Margarita) · C. calycina (Pau De Galinha) · C. caudata (Tailed Caesalpinia) · C. ciliata (Canique) · C. coluteifolia (Parolillo) · C. coriaria (Cascalote) · C. crista (Gray Nicker) · C. culebrae (Smooth Yellow Nicker) · C. decapetala (Bois Sappan) · C. drepanocarpa (Sickle-Pod Holdback) · C. echinata (Brazil Wood) · C. eriostachys (Casa Iguana) · C. exostemma (Abejon) · C. exostemma exostemma (Flor Mare€a) · C. ferrea (Brazilian Ironwood) · C. ferrea var. ferrea (Brazilian Ironwood) · C. gardneriana (Catinga De Porco) · C. gaumeri (Palo Jabali) · C. gillesii (Bird of Paradise Bush) · C. gilliesii (Barba De Chivo) · C. glauca (Shoestring Weed) · C. glaucophylla (Guacalote Amarillo) · C. globulorum (Yellow Nicker) · C. granadillo (Bridal Veil) · C. hintonii (Juancanchire) · C. hughesii (Quebrache) · C. jayabo (Guacolote Amarillo) · C. kavaiensis (Uhiuhi) · C. laxiflora (Catinga De Porco) · C. lutea (Barbados Flower-Fence) · C. major (Brown Nickerbean) · C. mexicana (Dwarf Poinciana) · C. microphylla (Catinga De Porco) · C. mimosifolia (Pishcalilla) · C. monensis (Black Nicker) · C. nelsonii (Yuca-Perichenche Gitanilla) · C. nicaraguensis (Malincha) · C. nipensis (Cayo Chiquito) · C. palmeri (Margarita) · C. pannosa (Palo Estaca) · C. paraguariensis (Guayac) · C. pauciflora (Few-Flower Caesalpinia) · C. phyllanthoides (Creeping Bird of Paradise) · C. pinnata (Clavellina De Costa) · C. pluviosa var. cabraliana (Mucitaiba) · C. pluviosa var. intermedia (Caatingueira De Folha Mi) · C. pluviosa var. paraensis (Mucutaibo-Preto) · C. pluviosa var. peltophoroides (Sibipiruna) · C. pluviosa var. pluviosa (Sicupira) · C. pluviosa var. sanfranciscana (Catingueira) · C. portoricensis (Brown Nicker) · C. pulcherrima (Aigrette) · C. pulcherrima 'Red Velvet' (Dwarf Poinciana) · C. punctata (Brazil Wood) · C. pyramidalis var. diversifolia (Campeche) · C. pyramidalis var. pyramidalis (Caatingueira Alta) · C. sappan (Bois Sappan) · C. spinosa (Brasilete De Vuelta Arriba) · C. standleyi (Viche) · C. trichocarpa (Arquita) · C. violacea (Brasiletto) · C. yucatanensis (Cara Mayo) · C. yucatanensis yucatanensis (Cara Mayo) · C. yucatanensis subsp. hondurensis (Berberillo)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 350.
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• A text book of materia medica, being an account of the more important crude drugs of vegetable and animal origin, designed for students of pharmacy and medicine. London, Churchill, 1920. url p. 229.
• An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences. .. by George M. Gould. 5th ed., with additions and corrections. PhiladelphiaP. Blakiston's Son1907 url p. 142.
• Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 47 - 51 1980 - 19 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 44.
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• Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 102, p. 343, p. 344, p. 40.
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• Catalogue of the economic products of the Presidency of Bombay: being a catalogue of the Government Central Museum, Division 1., Raw produce (vegetable) / compiled by Assistant Surgeon Birdwood. Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, 1862. url p. 296.
• Conservation and sustainable management of trees, report of the second regional workshop, held at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 18-20 November 1996 WCMC url p. 14.
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• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23 1920-1926 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 422.
• Flora of Guatemala: families Leguminosae, Geraniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae / by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 24 1946 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1946. url p. 139.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Varty, N. 1998. Caesalpinia echinata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670333
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11742
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638261
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:482704-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 8286
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506348
• IUCN ID: 196834
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAEC3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 25134

Footnotes

1. "Caesalpinia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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