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Argentine screwbean

Variety

ruiziana Burkart (found in Argentina) has fruits to 2 cm longer than var. strombulifera;

plants produce only one or two fruits per inflorescence.

Prosopis strombulifera

Distribution
from USDA
South America (Argentina, Chile) [Introduced, California]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

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

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (Mimosoid clade) > Prosopis
Sibling taxa
P. glandulosa, P. laevigata, P. pubescens, P. reptans, P. velutina
Subordinate taxa
P. strombulifera var. strombulifera
Synonyms Mimosa strombulifera, Acacia strombulifera, Strombocarpa strombulifera
Name authority (Lamarck) Bentham: J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 352. (1841)
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