Pterocarpus officinalis
Pterocarpus officinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Dalbergieae
Genus: Pterocarpus
Species: Pterocarpus officinalis

Name

Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq. Select. stirp. amer. hist. 283, t. 183, fig. 92. 1763

Synonyms

  • Lingoum officinale (Jacq.) Kuntze
  • Moutouchi crispata (DC.) Benth.
  • Moutouchi draco (L.) Benth.
  • Moutouchi suberosa Aubl.
  • Pterocarpus crispatus DC.
  • Pterocarpus draco L.
  • Pterocarpus hemipterus Gaertn.
  • Pterocarpus moutouchi Lam.
  • Pterocarpus sanguis-draconis Crantz
  • Pterocarpus suberosus (Aubl.) Pers.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Ecuador
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Jacquin, N.J. 1763. Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. XII + 284 pp., index, 184 tt. Ex officina Krausiana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  [see page 283, t. 183, fig. 92.]

Vernacular names

English: Dragonsblood Tree
español: Lagunero
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