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Jacaranda mimosifolia

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Sharp-leaf Jacaranda

G3Vulnerable (G2G4) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148804

Element CodePDBIG0B010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderScrophulariales

FamilyBignoniaceae

GenusJacaranda

Other Common Names

black poui (EN) Black Poui (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date2002-09-10

Change Date2002-09-10

Edition Date1993-07-16

Edition AuthorsBlythe, K. (TNC-LASP), rev. Maybury (2002)

Rank Reasons

Native to northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán) and adjacent Bolivia (Cochabamba, Tarija, Santa Cruz). Not common in Bolivia, where found in dry forest and Cerrado savanna. (Species is widely cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics of the world.)

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Hawaii	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cucamonga C	San Bernardino National Forest	4,106

References (4)

Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae-Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 25(II): 1-370. The New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Killeen, T., E. García & S. G. Beck. Guía de árboles de Bolivia. 958 pp. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia y Missouri Botanical Garden. Quipus S.R.L. La Paz Bolivia.
Little, E., Jr. & Wadsworth, F. 1964. Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 548 páges.