Tara vesicaria (L.) Molinari et al. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Tara

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Caesalpinieae

Nomen number:

478618

Place of publication:

Weberbauerella 1(8):5. 2016

Verified:

08/15/2017 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

Caesalpinia vesicaria L.

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Reference(s)

Molinari-Novoa, E. A. & C. Sánchez Ocharan. 2016. Notulae nomenclaturales I. Transfers to Tara. Weberbauerella 1(8):1-6.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	Curacao
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles [Curacao], Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica
CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants