Strombocarpa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Strombocarpa
Species: S. abbreviata – S. burkartii – S. cinerascens – S. ferox – S. palmeri – S. pubescens – S. reptans – S. strombulifera – S. tamarugo – S. torquata
Name

Strombocarpa (Benth.) Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 243. (1845) emend. Hughes et al. 2022

Type species: Strombocarpa strombulifera (Lam.) A.Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 475. (1854)

Synonyms

Basionym
Prosopis sect. Strombocarpa Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 351 (1841) Reference to the basionym lacking; Shenzhen Code Art. 41.4 applies
Heterotypic
Sopropis Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 182 (1928)
Spirolobium A.D.Orb., Voy. Amér. Mér. 8(Atlas, Bot): t. 13 (1839), nom. rej.

References

Engelmann, G. & Gray, A 1845. Boston Journal of Natural History 5: 243.
Hughes C.E., Ringelberg J., Lewis G.P. & Catalano S. 2022. Disintegration of the genus Prosopis L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade). Phytokeys 205: 147-189. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.205.75379 Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Strombocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Strombocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 16 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Strombocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Apr. 2025. Reference page.

Strombocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). This genus was previously classified as a section of genus Prosopis.[2] 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.[1]

Ten species are accepted:[1]

Strombocarpa abbreviata (Benth.) Hutch. ex C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
Strombocarpa burkartii (Muñoz) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
Strombocarpa cinerascens A.Gray
Strombocarpa ferox (Griseb.) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
Strombocarpa palmeri (S.Watson) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
Strombocarpa pubescens (Benth.) A.Gray
Strombocarpa reptans (Benth.) A.Gray
Strombocarpa strombulifera (Lam.) A.Gray
Strombocarpa tamarugo (Phil.) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
Strombocarpa torquata (Lag.) Hutch. ex C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis

References

"Strombocarpa (Benth.) Engelm. & A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
Hughes, Colin E.; Ringelberg, Jens; Lewis, G. P.; Catalano, Santiago (August 2022). "Disintegration of the genus Prosopis L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade)". PhytoKeys (205). Pensoft Publishers: 147–189. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.205.75379. PMC 9849005. PMID 36762004.