''Strombocarpa'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the pea family (
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
). This genus was previously classified as a section of genus ''
Prosopis''.
It includes ten species, which are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, or to southern South America from Peru through Bolivia and northern and central Chile to southern Argentina.
[
Ten species are accepted:][
*'' Strombocarpa abbreviata''
*'' Strombocarpa burkartii''
*'' Strombocarpa cinerascens''
*'' Strombocarpa ferox''
*'' Strombocarpa palmeri''
*'' Strombocarpa pubescens''
*'' Strombocarpa reptans''
*'' Strombocarpa strombulifera''
*'' Strombocarpa tamarugo''
*'' Strombocarpa torquata''
]
References
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Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Americas
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Taxa named by George Engelmann
Mimosoids
Taxa described in 1845