Flora of North America species comparison

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Piscidia

piscidia
Habit Shrubs or trees, unarmed.
Stems

ascending, sericeous to strigulose or glabrescent.
Leaves

alternate, odd-pinnate;

stipules present;

petiolate;

leaflets [5 or]7–11[–27], stipels absent, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent.
Inflorescences

30–100+-flowered, axillary or pseudoterminal, usually racemes, sometimes panicles [spikes];

bracts and bracteoles present.
Flowers

papilionaceous;

calyx campanulate, lobes 5, short;

corolla white with pink or reddish markings [pinkish or with purplish markings];

stamens 10, monadelphous, adaxial filament distinct nearly to base;

anthers dorsifixed.
Fruits

loments, stipitate, compressed, straight, oblong, not beaked, leathery, with 4 papery wings (10–20 mm wide), indehiscent, pubescent.
Seeds

[1–]3–8[–10], reddish brown to dark brown, reniform.
x

= 11.

Piscidia
Distribution
from USDA
Mexico; Central America; Florida; West Indies; n South America; nw South America
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Discussion

Species 7 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. Authors: Velva E. Rudd†, Michael A. Vincent.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae
Subordinate taxa
P. piscipula
Synonyms Ichthyomethia
Name authority Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1151, 1155, 1376. (1759) — name conserved
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