Ceratonia

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Ceratonia
Carob tree (
Ceratonia siliqua
)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Ceratonia
L. (1753)
Species[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceratia Adans. (1763)
  • Siliqua Duhamel (1755), nom. superfl.

Ceratonia

monotypic, but a second species, Ceratonia oreothauma, was identified in 1979 from Oman and Somalia.[3] The genus is in subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Umtizieae
.

An obsolete name for Ceratonia was Acalis.

Fossil record

†Ceratonia emarginata

fossils are known from the Miocene of Switzerland and Hungary.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Ceratonia L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  3. JSTOR 4114570
    .
  4. ISBN 0 947643 40 0

Images

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    Fruit
  • Tree
    Tree
  • Flowers
    Flowers
  • Fruits
    Fruits


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