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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Prosopis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Prosopis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Familia  Leguminosae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 345. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Prosopis L. common name: mesquite

Named members of the Genus Prosopis

1	Species  africana (Guillemin, Perrottet, & A. Rich.) Taube common name: African mesquite
2	Species  alba Griseb. common name: algarrobo blanco  (Mexico)
3	Species  alpataco Phil.
4	Species  argentina Burkart
5	Species  articulata S. Wats. syn. Prosopis velutina
6	Species  burkartii Mu�oz
7	Species  caldenia Burkart
8	Species  calingastana Burkart common name: cusqui
9	Species  campestris Griseb.
10	Species  castellanosii Burkart
11	Species  chilensis (Molina) Stuntz
	12    Varietas  glandulosa (Torr.) Standl. syn. Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa 13    Varietas  velutina (Woot.) Standl. syn. Prosopis velutina
14	Species  cineraria (L.) Druce common name: jand
15	Species  cinerascens (Gray) Benth. syn. Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens
16	Species  denudans Benth.
17	Species  elata (Burkart) Burkart
18	Species  farcta (Banks & Soland.) J.F. Macbr. common name: Syrian mesquite
19	Species  ferox Griseb.
20	Species  fiebrigii Harms
21	Species  glandulosa Torr. common name: honey mesquite
	22    Varietas  glandulosa common name: honey mesquite 23    Varietas  prostrata Burkart common name: honey mesquite 24    Varietas  torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston common name: western honey mesquite
25	Species  hassleri Harms ex Hassler
26	Species  humilis Gill. ex Hook.
27	Species  juliflora (Sw.) DC. common name: mesquite, mizquitl  (Nahuatl Aztec)
	28    Varietas  articulata (S. Wats.) Wiggins syn. Prosopis velutina 29    Varietas  glandulosa (Torr.) Cockerell syn. Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa 30    Varietas  torreyana L. Benson syn. Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana 31    Varietas  velutina (Woot.) Sarg. syn. Prosopis velutina
32	Species  kuntzei Harms ex Hassler
33	Species  laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M.C. Johnston common name: smooth mesquite
34	Species  limensis Benth. syn. Prosopis pallida
35	Species  nigra Griseb. ex Hieron. common name: algarrobo negro
36	Species  odorata Torr. & Fr�m. syn. Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
37	Species  pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth common name: kiawe
38	Species  palmeri S. Wats.
39	Species  pubescens Benth. common name: screwbean mesquite
40	Species  reptans Benth.
	41    Varietas  cinerascens (Gray) Burkart common name: tornillo
42	Species  rojasiana Burkart
43	Species  ruizlealii Burkart
44	Species  ruscifolia Griseb.
45	Species  sericantha Gill. ex Hook.
46	Species  stephaniana (Bieb.) Kunth ex Spreng. syn. Prosopis farcta
47	Species  strombulifera (Lam.) Benth. common name: Argentine screwbean
48	Species  tamarugo F. Philippi common name: tamarugo
49	Species  torquata D.C.
50	Species  velutina Woot. common name: velvet mesquite

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.