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Lonchocarpus punctatus

(Dotted Lancepod)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Dotted Lancepod, Violet Lancepod

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Millettieae ()
        Genus: Lonchocarpus () - Kunth, in Humboldt et al., 1824, nom. cons.
        Specific epithet: punctatus - Kunth
        Botanical name: - Lonchocarpus punctatus Kunth

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Lonchocarpus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. atropurpureus (Chaperno) · L. blainii (Guama Hediondo) · L. castilloi (Black Cabbage-Bark) · L. costaricensis (Pavilla) · L. dipteroneurus (Grifo) · L. domingensis (Anoncillo) · L. eriocarinalis (Palo De Oro) · L. floribundus (Timb) · L. glaucifolius (Geno) · L. guatemalensis (Chapel) · L. guillemineanus (Cabelouro) · L. heptaphyllus (Broadleaf Lancepod) · L. hondurensis (Cabbage-Bark) · L. lanceolatus (Vara Blanca) · L. leucanthus (Rabo De Macaco) · L. lilloi (Quina Blanca) · L. longipes (Guama Negro) · L. martynii (White Haiari) · L. minimiflorus (Chapelno) · L. monilis (Barbasco) · L. muehlbergianus (Rabo Molle) · L. nicou (Barbasco) · L. nitidus (Yerba De Bugre) · L. oliganthus (Chaperno) · L. peninsularis (Chaperno) · L. punctatus (Dotted Lancepod) · L. purpureus (Cocorocho) · L. rugosus (Black Cabbage-Bark) · L. rugosus apricus (Black Cabbage-Bark) · L. rugosus rugosus (Black Cabbage-Bark) · L. salvadorensis (Chaperno) · L. santarosanus (Chapelno Blanco) · L. sericeus (Garrapato) · L. sericeus palmeri (Garrapato) · L. sericeus sericeus (Garrapato) · L. velutinus (Gallote) · L. violaceus (Savonette Petite Feuille) · L. yoroensis (Chaperno)

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Further Reading

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Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 20 1917-1925 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 40, p. 61, p. 63, p. 64, p. 86, p. 88, p. XV.
IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 146.
Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. v. 4 Supplement 1860 London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts: ||Williams and Norgate, 1857-1864. url p. 95.
Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 396.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667927
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11519
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638494
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503074-1
GRIN Nomen Number: 22535
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503542
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB290Q0
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LOVI2
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 47768

Last Revised: 7/15/2012