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Taxon:  Caesalpinia echinata Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Caesalpinia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
Nomen number:
8286
Place of publication:
Encycl. 1:461. 1785
Verified:
10/03/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Borges, L. A. et al. 2009. Phenology, pollination, and breeding system of the threatened tree Caesalpinia echinata lam. (Fabaceae), and a review of studies on the reproductive biology in the genus. Flora 204:111-130.
  4. Burkart, A. E. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2. 1952 Note: mentions
  5. Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1994 Note: mentions
  6. Cardoso, M. A. et al. 1998. High genetic differentiation among remnant populations of the endangered Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinoideae). Molec. Ecol. 7:601-608. Note: on genetics and conservation
  7. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  9. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
  10. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  11. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008 http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
  12. Lewis, G. P. Caesalpinia. A revision of the Poincianella-Erythrostemon group. 1998 152-158.
  13. Lewis, G. P. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  14. Lewis, G. P. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Caesalpinoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 17 Jan.
  15. Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  17. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  18. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  19. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  20. Ulibarri, E. A. 1996. Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de sudamérica. Darwiniana 34:315.
  21. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Brazilwood –
peachwood –
Pernambuco-wood –
Portuguese
pau-Brasil –
pau-Pernambuco –
Portuguese (Brazil)
brasileto –
ibirapitanga –
orabutã –
pau-de-Pernambuco –
pau-rosado –
Swedish
bresilja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAlagoas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilBahia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilEspirito Santo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilParaiba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPernambuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio de Janeiro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio Grande do Norte 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilSanta Catarina 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Catarina]
Cultivated
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
Economic Uses
CITES Appendix II
Environmental
ornamental (fide Caesalpinia 158. 1998) –
Materials
tannin/dyestuff (source of red 24 fide Websters Dict) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Caesalpinia 158.) –


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