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Taxon

Ceratonia siliqua L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 1026. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 277.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 277.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 280.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 280.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 279.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 279.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 278.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 278.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Barcelona Bot. Garden. 21 Apr 04.  035.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Barcelona Bot. Garden. 21 Apr 04. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Barcelona Bot. Garden. 21 Apr 04. 036.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Barcelona Bot. Garden. 21 Apr 04. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Barcelona Bot. Garden. 21 Apr 04. 037.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Barcelona Bot. Garden. 21 Apr 04. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 034.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 034.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 030.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 030.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 031.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 033.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Barcelona. Parc del Garraf. 20 Apr 04. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Andalucia. Jardin Botanico de Cordoba. 2 Oct 04. 093.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Andalucia. Jardin Botanico de Cordoba. 2 Oct 04. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Andalucia. Jardin Botanico de Cordoba. 2 Oct 04. 092.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Andalucia. Jardin Botanico de Cordoba. 2 Oct 04. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Andalucia. Jardin Botanico de Cordoba. 2 Oct 04. 094.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Andalucia. Jardin Botanico de Cordoba. 2 Oct 04. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Alm. Cabo d Gata. Jard.Bot.El Abardinal. 23 Apr 05. 052.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Alm. Cabo d Gata. Jard.Bot.El Abardinal. 23 Apr 05. 052.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Alm. Cabo d Gata. Jard.Bot.El Abardinal. 23 Apr 05. 050.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Alm. Cabo d Gata. Jard.Bot.El Abardinal. 23 Apr 05. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Alm. Cabo d Gata. Jard.Bot.El Abardinal. 23 Apr 05. 051.jpg

Ceratonia siliqua--Spain. Prov. Alm. Cabo d Gata. Jard.Bot.El Abardinal. 23 Apr 05. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Albania, Algeria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye; introduced into 31 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 21, 2004

Location

Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

April 20, 2004

Location

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona (Begues)

41.287222, 1.873056

Location Remarks

Parc Natural del Garraf, 20 km S of Barcelona, near town of Sitges

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

April 23, 2005

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Almeria (Almería, Jardin Botanico El Abardinal)

36.868611, -2.387222

Location Remarks

Rodalquiar, Cabo de Gata.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 25, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)

35.4215, 23.646333

Location Remarks

Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

October 2, 2004

Location

Spain, Andalusia (Jardin Botanico de Cordoba)

Location Remarks

Avenida de Linneo s/n, Córdoba.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Ceratonia

Specific Epithet

siliqua

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.5

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#76,866 of 335,497

Top 23%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →