''Pithecellobium pithecolobioides'', known as the granadillo de río, is a
tree
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species
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in the legume
family
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(
).
Found in
Argentina
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and
Paraguay
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, it is threatened by
habitat destruction
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; whether it still exists in
Brazil
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is at least doubtful.
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 pithecolobioides''
(Kuntze) Kuntze
* ''Inga pithecolobioides''
Kuntze
* ''Pithecellobium pithecolobioides''
(Kuntze) Hassl.
* ''Pithecellobium pithecolobioides''
(Kuntze) Hassl. var. ''harmsii''
Hassl.
* ''Pithecellobium pithecolobioides''
(Kuntze) Hassl. var. ''pithecolobioides''
(Kuntze)Hassl.
* ''Pithecellobium pithecolobioides''
(Kuntze) Hassl. var. ''reductum''
(Malme) Hassl.
* ''Pithecellobium reductum''
Malme
* ''Zygia reducta''
(Malme) L.Rico
Footnotes
References
* (2005)
''Zygia pithecolobioides'' Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
pithecolobioides
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Paraguay
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by James Walter Grimes
Taxa named by Rupert Charles Barneby
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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