Zuccagnia

Zuccagnia
Zuccagnia punctata in Talampaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae[1]
Tribe: Caesalpinieae[2]
Genus: Zuccagnia
Cav.[3]
Species: Z. punctata
Binomial name
Zuccagnia punctata
Cav. 1799
Synonyms
  • Zuccagnia Thunb.

Zuccagnia punctata is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Plants grow to about 5m tall, have small leaflets with clearly visible punctate glands, yellow 5-merous flowers, and produce leathery, red-haired dehiscent pods bearing a single seed each.[4]

It is found in treeless, scrubby areas up to 2,700m, and native only to central Argentina and Chile.[4]

The genus was named in honor of Italian botanist Attilio Zuccagni (1754–1807).[4] The specific epithet punctata is Latin, meaning "spotty", and refers to the appearance of the leaf surface.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. ↑ Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP. (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys. 71: 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203.
  3. ↑ Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 5: 2. 1799. "Name - !Zuccagnia Cav.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 O. N. Allen & Ethel K. Allen (1981). The Leguminosae, a Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 704. ISBN 0-299-08400-0.
  5. ↑ Michael L. Charters, compiler. "California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations". Sierra Madre, CA.
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