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Strombocarpa

Strombocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). This genus was previously classified as a section of genus Prosopis. It includes ten species, which are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, or to southern South America from Peru through Bolivia and northern and central Chile to southern Argentina.

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Strombocarpa
S. pubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Strombocarpa
(Benth.) Engelm. & A.Gray (1845)
species1

10; see text

Synonyms1
  • Sopropis Britton & Rose (1928)
  • Spirolobium A.D.Orb. (1839), nom. rej.

Strombocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). This genus was previously classified as a section of genus Prosopis.2 It includes ten species, which are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, or to southern South America from Peru through Bolivia and northern and central Chile to southern Argentina.1

Ten species are accepted:1

  • Strombocarpa abbreviata (Benth.) Hutch. ex C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
  • Strombocarpa burkartii (Muñoz) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
  • Strombocarpa cinerascens A.Gray
  • Strombocarpa ferox (Griseb.) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
  • Strombocarpa palmeri (S.Watson) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
  • Strombocarpa pubescens (Benth.) A.Gray
  • Strombocarpa reptans (Benth.) A.Gray
  • Strombocarpa strombulifera (Lam.) A.Gray
  • Strombocarpa tamarugo (Phil.) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
  • Strombocarpa torquata (Lag.) Hutch. ex C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
References

References

  1. "Strombocarpa (Benth.) Engelm. & A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  2. Hughes, Colin E.; Ringelberg, Jens; Lewis, G. P.; Catalano, Santiago (August 2022). "Disintegration of the genus Prosopis L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade)". PhytoKeys (205). Pensoft Publishers: 147–189. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.205.75379. PMC 9849005. PMID 36762004.