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Pictetia
Sign in to savePictetia is a genus of about eight species of trees and shrubs in the family Fabaceae with spiny stems and (in six of the eight species) spine-tipped leaflets. The genus is endemic to the Greater Antilles, but its closest relatives are in Mesoamerica and Africa.
Species
General: , Diphysa spp., Ormocarpum spp., and Pictetia spp.). None
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- 13
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, MICH
- Recorded in
- Caribbean, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Ukraine
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- Parent taxon
- Dalbergieae
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- Pictetia
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- Category:Pictetia
- taxon common name
- pictetia
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- Pictetia
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Pictetia is a genus of about eight species of trees and shrubs in the family Fabaceae with spiny stems and (in six of the eight species) spine-tipped leaflets. The genus is endemic to the Greater Antilles, but its closest relatives are in Mesoamerica and Africa.
==Description== Species of Pictetia range from erect, single-stemmed trees to multi-stemmed shrubs. They can have smooth or scaly bark. The leaves and branches branch off from the stem in an alternate pattern. The stems are spiny, as are the tips of the leaflets in all species except P. spinosa and P. nipensis. The leaves are pinnately compound with an odd number of leaflets. The leaflets, like the leaves, are arranged in an alternating fashion.
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