Flora of North America species comparison

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Prosopis strombulifera

Prosopis laevigata

Argentine screwbean

smooth mesquite
Variety

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

plants produce only one or two fruits per inflorescence.

andicola Burkart, known from Peru, is a montane plant that is glabrous and has only one pair of pinnae.

Prosopis strombulifera

Prosopis laevigata
Distribution
from USDA
South America (Argentina, Chile) [Introduced, California]
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from USDA
Mexico; South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru) [Introduced, Texas]
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

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

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (Mimosoid clade) > Prosopis Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (Mimosoid clade) > Prosopis
Sibling taxa
P. glandulosa, P. laevigata, P. pubescens, P. reptans, P. velutina
P. glandulosa, P. pubescens, P. reptans, P. strombulifera, P. velutina
Subordinate taxa
P. strombulifera var. strombulifera
P. laevigata var. laevigata
Synonyms Mimosa strombulifera, Acacia strombulifera, Strombocarpa strombulifera Acacia laevigata, Mimosa laevigata
Name authority (Lamarck) Bentham: J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 352. (1841) (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) M. C. Johnston: Brittonia 14: 78. (1962)
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