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Internal ID UUID643ff5d6cd213532635749
Scientific name Morisonia americana
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 503 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Morisonia johnstonii Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 348 (1907)
Capparis morisonia Sw. Observ. Bot. : 272 (1791)
Capparis racemosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 5 (1768)
Morisonia elliptica Rusby Descr. S. Amer. Pl. : 24 (1920)
Morisonia americana var. subpeltata Griseb. ex Eggers Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 23(3): 25 (1879)

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English ratapple

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000375821
USDA Plants MOAM
Tropicos 5900370
INPN 630183
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316366-2
The Plant List kew-2371262
Open Tree Of Life 263770
Observations.org 198795
NCBI Taxonomy 202639
IUCN Red List 175999297
IPNI 316366-2
iNaturalist 286794
GBIF 3054276
EOL 584236
Elurikkus 357933
USDA GRIN 24599

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Directional change in leaf dry matter δ 13C during leaf development is widespread in C3 plants Vogado NO, Winter K, Ubierna N, Farquhar GD, Cernusak LA Ann Bot 24-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7596372
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa114
PMID:32577724
Island Invasion by a Threatened Tree Species: Evidence for Natural Enemy Release of Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) on Dominica, Lesser Antilles Norghauer JM, Martin AR, Mycroft EE, James A, Thomas SC PLoS One 13-Apr-2011
PMCID:PMC3076449
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018790
PMID:21533206

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