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Prosopis reptans Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Prosopis L.

Prosopis reptans Benth. [Preferred name]
    Prosopis abbreviata var. argentina Griseb. {Synonym}
    Strombocarpa reptans (Benth.)A.Gray {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Mastuerzo [1166]; Retortuno [1166]; Screwbean [1166]; Tornillo [1166]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Central America
Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1166]
  North America
United States (N) [1166, 1431]; Texas [1166]
  South America
Argentina (N) [1128, 1166, 1182, 1529]; Peru (N) [1166]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1166]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1128.

  Burkart, A., 1940
    Darwiniana 4(1):57-128 Materiales para..Monografia Prosopis

1166.

  Burkart, A., 1976
    J.Arnold Arbor.57(4):450-525 Monograph of Genus Prosopis
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