Ziziphus rignonii Delponte (Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 14: 404. 1854.)
Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [ Hispaniola (native)[ Beata, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Icacos, Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Anegada, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ],
Common Names: Citroin marron (Haiti), Cogne molle (Haiti), Dama entre galanes (Haiti), Macarbie (Haiti), Palpaguano (Dominican Republic), Saona (Dominican Republic), Saona de gente (Dominican Republic), Saona dulce (Dominican Republic), Sopaipo (Dominican Republic), Thorn (L. Antilles), Zoraille (Haiti),
Synonyms: Cassine domingensis Spreng. (Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 939. 1824 ["1825"].), Sarcomphalus domingensis (Spreng.) Krug & Urb. (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 357. 1899.),
Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 3). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 4). 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. 5). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 6). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany.
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