Zapoteca (plant)

Zapoteca
Zapoteca portoricensis Photo from gardenology.org
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Mimosoideae
Tribe:	Ingeae
Genus:	Zapoteca H.M.Hern.
Species
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Zapoteca is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, in the subfamily Mimosoideae. It was separated from the genus Calliandra in 1986 on the basis of chromosome numbers, pollen, seedling structure, and other features. It is named in honour of the Zapotec peoples.^[1]

Species

Species include:^[2]

• Zapoteca aculeata (Benth.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca alinae H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca amazonica (Benth.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca andina H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca caracasana (Jacq.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca costaricensis (Britton & Rose) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca filipes (Benth.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca formosa (Kunth) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca gracilis (Griseb.) Bassler
• Zapoteca lambertiana (G.Don) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca media (M.Martens & Galeotti) H.M.Hern
• Zapoteca microcephala (Britton & Killip) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca mollis (Standl.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca nervosa (Urb.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca portoricensis (Jacq.) H.M.Hern.
  • Zapoteca portoricensis subsp. portoricensis (Jacq.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca quichoi H.M. Hern. & Hanan-Alipi
• Zapoteca ravenii H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca scutellifera (Benth.) H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca sousae H.M. Hern. & A. Campos V.
• Zapoteca tehuana H.M.Hern.
• Zapoteca tetragona (Willd.) H.M.Hern.

References

1. Hernandez, H.M. (1986), "Zapoteca: A New Genus of Neotropical Mimosoideae", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 73 (4): 755–763, doi:10.2307/2399204, JSTOR 2399204
2. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved June 19, 2016

External links

Data related to Zapoteca at Wikispecies