Taxon: Prosopis ferox Griseb.

 
Genus: Prosopis
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Mimoseae
Nomen number: 29754
Place of publication: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24:118. 1879 (Symb. fl. argent.)
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 04-sep-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 19 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

  • prosópis  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Chuquisaca, Potosi, Tarija]
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Jujuy, Salta]


References:

  1. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
  2. Killeen, T. J. et al. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. 1993 (Trees Bolivia)
  3. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999 (L Argent)

Check other web resources for Prosopis ferox Griseb. :

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29754. Accessed 7 junio 2026.