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Taxon:  Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle var. latifolia



Summary
Genus:
Zygia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
437580
Verified:
12/13/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle (0 active accession[s])
Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle var. communis Barneby & J. W. Grimes (0 active accession[s])
Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle var. lasiopus (Benth.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa latifolia L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pithecellobium latifolium (L.) Benth.
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Reference(s)
  1. Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1997. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part II. Pithecellobium, Cojoba, and Zygia. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(2):120.
Common names
English
hoopwood –
horsewood –
Spanish (Granada)
cacolay –
Spanish (Guatemala)
maya-maya –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba e.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti s.w.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica e.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSaint Vincent 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia n.
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Cuba (e.), Haiti (s.w.), Jamaica (e.), Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], St. Vincent and Grenadines [Saint Vincent]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (n.)
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia (n.)
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://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=437580. Accessed 6 May 2025.