Comprehensive Description
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Zygia cognata (vSclil.) Britton & Rose
Inga cognata Schl. Linnaea 12: 560. 1838.
Pithecolobium cognatum Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 5: 107. 1846.
Feuilleea cognata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
A tree, the twigs glabrous. Petioles very short, sometimes only I cm. long; petiole and secondary rachis without glands; leaflets 3, large, ovate, with a short obtuse tip, cuneate and oblique at base, glabrous, shining above, 8-15 cm. long; heads fascicled, small, short-peduncled; flowers white; calyx 1 mm. long, glabrous, with the margin ciliate; corolla 5 mm. long, glabrous except the tips of the lobes; staminal tube exserted.
TT>E LOCALITY' ; Between Colipa and the sea, Veracruz. Distribution: Veracruz.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Zygia cognata: Brief Summary
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Zygia cognata is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Junior synonyms are:
Feuilleea cognata (Schltdl.) Kuntze Inga cognata Schltdl. Inga stevensonii Standl. Pithecellobium cognatum (Schltdl.) Benth. Pithecellobium stevensonii (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm. Pithecolobium cognatum (Schltdl.) Benth. (
lapsus) Pithecolobium stevensonii (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm. (lapsus) Zygia stevensonii (Standl.) Record
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