Zapoteca caracasana (Jacq.) H. M. Hern. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Zapoteca caracasana (Jacq.) H. M. Hern.

Summary

Genus:

Zapoteca

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Ingeae

Nomen number:

314055

Place of publication:

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73:757. 1987 ("1986")

Verified:

07/24/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Mimosa caracasana Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Calliandra caracasana (Jacq.) Benth.

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Reference(s)

Hernández, H. M. 1989. Systematics of Zapoteca (Leguminosae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76:828.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola
MESOAMERICA: Honduras
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314055. Accessed 16 December 2025.