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Definition of Cercidium floridum
1. Noun. Densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium.
Group relationships: Genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cercidium Floridum
Literary usage of Cercidium floridum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"cercidium floridum, Booth. Green-barked Acacia. Leaves I'-l^' long, with 2 or
rarely 3 pinnie, broad pubescent petioles and ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"cercidium floridum, Torrey, Pacif. R. Rep. v. 3GO, t. 3 ; not of Benth. — usually
bare of foliage, the loaves being soon deciduous. ..."
3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The Green-barked Acacia (cercidium floridum, Benth.) is a little, gnarled tree,
rare in western Texas, whose leaves are locust-like, but reduced to very ..."
4. New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst by William Abraham Bell (1869)
"In the dry water-courses of this district we meet constantly the Cercidium
floridum, or "green-barked Acacia," the arborescent Dalea (Dalea spinosa), ..."
5. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Bush muhly had 16 and 25% cover under velvet mesquite and blue paloverde (Cercidium
floridum Benth.), Table 6—Density (no./0.25 m2) and cover (%) of ..."
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