3551.000 Parkinsonia L.

Description of the genus

Spiny (in ours) shrubs or small trees. Leaves 2-pinnate, the rhachilla spinescent. Stipules (in ours) spinescent. Inflorescence an axillary raceme. Sepals 5. Petals 5, ± equal but upper one larger and longer clawed. Stamens 10, Pod indehiscent.

Derivation of name: Named after John Parkinson, a London apothecary and botanist of the 17th century

Worldwide: 14 species, mostly in drier parts of America, one in southern Africa (africana - not in Zimbabwe) and two in E and NE tropical Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

Parkinsonia aculeata

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aculeata L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Parkinsonia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Parkinsonia
Flora of Mozambique: Parkinsonia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Parkinsonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Parkinsonia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Parkinsonia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Parkinsonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Parkinsonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Parkinsonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Parkinsonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Parkinsonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Parkinsonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Parkinsonia
Plants of the World Online: Parkinsonia
Tropicos: Parkinsonia
Wikipedia: Parkinsonia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Parkinsonia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=698, retrieved 29 March 2024

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