Dermatophyllum secundiflorum (Ortega) Gandhi & Reveal GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Dermatophyllum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Sophoreae

Nomen number:

476271

Place of publication:

Phytoneuron 2011-57:2. 2011

Verified:

09/17/2015 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

Broussonetia secundiflora Ortega

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Calia secundiflora (Ortega) Yakovlev
Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) Lag. ex DC.

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Reference(s)

Gandhi, K. N. et al. 2011. Dermatophyllum, the correct name for Calia (Fabaceae). Phytoneuron 2011-57:1-4.

Common names

English
mescal-bean –
Texas-mountain-laurel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico	s.e.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.e.), Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	as Sophora secundiflora	National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Materials	beads	as Sophora secundiflora	Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
Medicines	folklore	as Sophora secundiflora	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisons	mammals	as Sophora secundiflora	Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: = Calia secundiflora (Ortega) Yakovlev