Genus Pithecellobium Mart.


Summary
Genus number:
9455
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Accession count:

33 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) with this spelling (Madrid ICN Art. 14.11 & App. III) against the original spelling "Pithecollobium"
  • also conserved against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Zygia P. Browne, nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1997. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part II. Pithecellobium, Cojoba, and Zygia. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(2):3-36.
  2. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 209.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9455. Accessed 11 May 2026.