Lysiloma watsonii Rose GRIN-Global

Taxon: Lysiloma watsonii Rose

Summary

Genus:

Lysiloma

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Ingeae

Nomen number:

314693

Place of publication:

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1:99. 1891

Verified:

07/24/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Lysiloma acapulcense (Kunth) Benth. var. brevispicatum Rose
Lysiloma brevispicatum (Rose) Britton & Rose
Lysiloma microphyllum Benth. var. thornberi (Britton & Rose) Isely
Lysiloma thornberi Britton & Rose
Lysiloma watsonii Rose subsp. thornberi (Britton & Rose) Felger & C. H. Lowe

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Reference(s)

Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):260.
Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):98.
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. 1964
Thompson, R. L. 1980. A revision of the genus Lysiloma (Leguminosae). Unpublished dissertation (Southern Illinois University).
Wilson, J. K. 1944. The nodulating performance of three species of legumes. Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. 9:95-97.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314693. Accessed 20 July 2025.