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Caesalpinia
Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Historically, membership within the genus has been highly variable, with different publications including anywhere from 70 to 165 species, depending largely on the inclusion or exclusion of species alternately listed under genera such as Hoffmannseggia. It contains tropical or subtropical woody plants. The generic name honours the botanist, physician, and philosopher Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603).
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
peacock flower
speciesCaesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinia bahamensis
speciesCaesalpinia bahamensis
Caesalpinia cassioides
speciesCaesalpinia cassioides
Caesalpinia sinensis
speciesCaesalpinia sinensis
Caesalpinia enneaphylla
speciesCaesalpinia enneaphylla
Caesalpinia brasiliensis
speciesCaesalpinia brasiliensis
Caesalpinia nipensis
speciesCaesalpinia nipensis
Caesalpinia magnifoliolata
speciesCaesalpinia magnifoliolata
Caesalpinia furfuracea
speciesCaesalpinia furfuracea
Caesalpinia anacantha
speciesCaesalpinia anacantha
Caesalpinia barahonensis
speciesCaesalpinia barahonensis
Caesalpinia domingensis
speciesCaesalpinia domingensis
Black nicker
speciesCaesalpinia monensis
Caesalpinia secundiflora
speciesCaesalpinia secundiflora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.152
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.178
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.30
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.181
A key to physic, and the occult sciences
Sibly, Ebenezer · 1810 · p.604
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Caesalpinia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1065446.