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3551.000 Parkinsonia
Description of the genus
Spiny (in ours) shrubs or small trees. Leaves 2-pinnate, the rhachilla spinescent. Stipules (in ours) spinescent. Inflorescence an axillary raceme. Sepals 5. Petals 5, ± equal but upper one larger and longer clawed. Stamens 10, Pod indehiscent. Derivation of name: Named after John Parkinson, a London apothecary and botanist of the 17th century Worldwide: 14 species, mostly in drier parts of America, one in southern Africa (africana - not in Zimbabwe) and two in E and NE tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aculeata L. | W | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Parkinsonia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: ParkinsoniaFlora of Mozambique: Parkinsonia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Parkinsonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Parkinsonia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): ParkinsoniaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Parkinsonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Parkinsonia
Wikipedia: Parkinsonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Parkinsonia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Parkinsonia
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