Coursetia caribaea (Jacq.)Lavin

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Coursetia DC.
Tribe: Robinieae
References: [1402]

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Other names:

• Benthamantha caribaea (Jacq.)Kuntze [Synonym] [1402]
  
• Brittonamra caribaea (Jacq.)Kuntze [Synonym] [1402]
  
• Cracca caribaea (Jacq.)Benth. [Synonym] [1402]
  
• Galega caribaea Jacq. [Synonym] [1402]
  
• Tephrosia caribaea (Jacq.)DC. [Synonym] [1402]
  

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Common Names:

• Altamisa Cimarrona [2157]
  
• Gallito CimarrĒn [2157]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened
• Section:
  • Coursetia sect. Craccoides (DC.)Lavin. [1402]

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Geographical Distribution:

• Caribbean [1402] [2157]
  • Antigua-Barbuda [1402]
  • British Virgin Is [1402]
  • Dominican Republic [1402] [2157]
  • Grenada [1402]
  • Guadeloupe [1402]
  • Haiti [1402] [2157]
  • Jamaica [2157]
  • Montserrat [1402]
  • Puerto Rico [1402] [2157]
  • St Martin-St Barthelemy [1402]
  • St Vincent [1402]
  • Trinidad & Tobago [1402]
  • Virgin Is [1402]

• Central America [1402]
  • Belize [1402]
  • Costa Rica [1402]
  • El Salvador [1402]
  • Guatemala [1402]
  • Honduras [1402]
  • Mexico(North & Central) [1402]
  • Mexico(South East) [1402]
  • Nicaragua [1402]
  • Panama [1402]

• North America [1402]
  • United States [1402]
    • Arizona [1402]

• South America
  • Bolivia [1402]
  • Colombia [1402]
  • Ecuador [1402]
  • Peru [1402]
  • Venezuela [1402]

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Notes:

• recognized by Lavin with 8 varieties:caribaea, astragalina, chiapensis, [1402]
  
• ochroleuca, pacifica, sericea, tomentosa and trifoliolata. [1402]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:15:40