Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Parkinsonia thornberi M.E. Jones fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is S. U.S.A. to N. Argentina, Caribbean (POWO, 2023).

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