Zapoteca sousae
Zapoteca sousae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Zapoteca |
Species: | Z. sousae |
Binomial name | |
Zapoteca sousae H.M. Hern. & A. Campos V. | |
Zapoteca sousae is a plant species native the Mexican States of Oaxaca and Colima. It tends to grow in undisturbed ravines in mountainous areas at elevations of approximately 1500 m (5000 feet).[1]
Zapoteca sousae is a shrub or small tree up to 3 m tall. Leaves are up to 7 cm long including the rachis, bipinnately compound, with as many as 33 pairs of leaflets per pinna. Flower heads are borne in the axils of the leaves, the flowers greenish-white. Pods are dehiscent, up to 12 cm long when mature, containing dark brown, mottled seeds.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Hernández Macías, Héctor Manuel, & Campos Villanueva, Alvaro. 1994. A new species of Zapoteca (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae), from Mexico. Novon 4:32-34
- ↑ Sousa Sánchez, M., M. Ricker & H. M. Hernández Macías. 2003. An index for the tree species of the family Leguminosae in Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 7(2): 381–398.
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