''Zygia cognata'' is a
tree
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species
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in the legume
family
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(
). It is found in
Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
,
Guatemala
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, and
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
.
Junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
s are:
[ILDIS (2005)]
* ''Feuilleea cognata''
(Schltdl.) Kuntze
* ''Inga cognata''
Schltdl.
* ''Inga stevensonii''
Standl.
* ''Pithecellobium cognatum''
(Schltdl.) Benth.
* ''Pithecellobium stevensonii''
(Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
* ''Pithecolobium cognatum''
(Schltdl.) Benth. (''lapsus
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Investigations
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'')
* ''Pithecolobium stevensonii''
(Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm. (''lapsus'')
* ''Zygia stevensonii''
(Standl.) Record
Footnotes
References
* (2005)
''Zygia cognata'' Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
*
cognata
Trees of Belize
Trees of Guatemala
Trees of Honduras
Endangered plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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