Zapoteca filipes

Zapoteca filipes

Overview

Zapoteca filipes is a shrub with slender, thread-like stems as the species name suggests, native to Mexico and Central America, growing in tropical dry for

Zapoteca filipes is a shrub with slender, thread-like stems as the species name suggests, native to Mexico and Central America, growing in tropical dry forest and scrubland habitats. It produces spherical flower heads typical of the genus Zapoteca and bipinnately compound leaves on the characteristic delicate stems. The species grows in the seasonally dry vegetation zones of Mesoamerica.

Taxonomy

Ordem Fabales
Família Fabaceae (Legume family)
Species Zapoteca filipes

Perguntas frequentes

What family does Zapoteca filipes belong to?
Zapoteca filipes (Zapoteca filipes) belongs to the family Fabaceae in the order Fabales.

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