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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Guilandina bonduc
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read a taxonomic advisory regarding Guilandina bonduc from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caesalpinia bonduc
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Guilandina bonduc
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Caesalpinia bonduc
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Guilandina crista
COMMON NAME:
Gray Nicker, Holdback
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_caesalpinia_bonduc1
May Monroe County FL
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_caesalpinia_bonduc1b
May Monroe County FL
Legumes spiny, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_caesalpinia_bonduc2
May Monroe County FL
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_caesalpinia_bonduc2b
May Monroe County FL
Flowers only subtly asymmetrical [not pea-shaped].
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Guilandina bonduc
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caesalpinia bonduc
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Guilandina bonduc
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Caesalpinia bonduc
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Guilandina crista
3865
Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal beaches and thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native: peninsular Florida
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evenly 2-pinnately compound
Alternate
Stipules are large, leaflike, and usually lobed.
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
standard tinged with red spots
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, in two whorls
Flowers in axillary racemes
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
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