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Coursetia

caribaea ranges from a shrub to subshrub or herb.

Its

form is associated with the extent of habitat disturbance; herbaceous forms are recent colonizers or results from individual perturbation, where resprouts from perennial rootstocks have yet to accumulate much woody tissue.

Coursetia caribaea

Distribution
from USDA
Mexico; Central America; South America; Arizona; West Indies
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Discussion

Varieties 8 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Coursetia
Sibling taxa
C. axillaris, C. glabella, C. glandulosa
Subordinate taxa
C. caribaea var. sericea
Synonyms Galega caribaea, Cracca caribaea
Name authority (Jacquin) Lavin in C. H. Stirton: Advances Legume Syst. 3, 63. (1987)
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