Hesperalbizia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2] The only species is Hesperalbizia occidentalis.[3] It is native to Mexico[1] and is known by the common name palo escopeta.

Hesperalbizia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Hesperalbizia
Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Species:
H. occidentalis
Binomial name
Hesperalbizia occidentalis
(Brandegee) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Synonyms[1]
  • Albizia obliqua Britton & Rose
  • Albizia occidentalis Brandegee
  • Albizia occidentalis var. plurijuga (Standl.) L.Rico & S.L.Gale
  • Albizia plurijuga (Standl.) Britton & Rose
  • Leucaena plurijuga Standl.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Hesperalbizia occidentalis (Brandegee) Barneby & J.W.Grimes". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ "Hesperalbizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.