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Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth (Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 1: 679. 1842.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], Virgin Islands (cultivated) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Aaron's rod (Jamaica), Acacia (Cuba), Almácigo extranjero (Dominican Republic), Amor y celos (Cuba), Árbol de la niña (Cuba), Bien vestida (Cuba), Carmelita (Dominican Republic), Desnudo floreci (Cuba), Desnudo florecido (Cuba), Floresco (Cuba), Gibara (Cuba), Gliricidia (L. Antilles), Glorisida (L. Antilles), Glory cida (L. Antilles), Grow stick (Jamaica), Lilas étranger (Dominican Republic), Madre de cacao (Puerto Rico), Mata raton (Puerto Rico), Mata ratón (Cuba), Nicaragua shade tree (L. Antilles), Palo de parque (Dominican Republic), Pasión (Cuba), Piñón (Dominican Republic), Piñón amoroso (Cuba), Piñón amoroso (Dominican Republic), Piñón cubano (Dominican Republic), Piñón de costa (Cuba), Piñon de Cuba (Dominican Republic), Piñón florido (Cuba), Piñón francés (Cuba), Piñón jazmín (Cuba), Piñón milagroso (Cuba), Piñón violento (Cuba), Piñón vómico (Cuba), Quick stick (Jamaica), Quickstick (L. Antilles), Varita de San José (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Lonchocarpus maculatus (Kunth) DC. (Prodr. 2: 260. 1825.), Lonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.) DC. (Prodr. 2: 260. 1825.), Robinia sepium Jacq. (Enum. Syst. Pl. 28. 1760.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Barreto Valdes, A. 1998. Las Leguminosas de Cuba, I and II, Collecteana Bot. 24: 6-332. 5). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 8). Lavin, M. and Sousa, M. 1995. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Tribe Robineae (Leguminosae). Systematic Botany Monographs 45: 1-165. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 11). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 12). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 13). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 14). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 15). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 16). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 17). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 18). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 19). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 27 Sep 10 |