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Guaiacum officinale  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 897104

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Guajacum officinale L.
  
  Common Name(s): lignum vitae [English]
  
    lignum-vitae [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRosanae   
                         OrderZygophyllales   
                            FamilyZygophyllaceae  – caltrop  
                               GenusGuaiacum L. – lignum-vitae  
                                  SpeciesGuaiacum officinale L. – lignum vitae, lignum-vitae  
       

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  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Guaiacum officinale   
       
  Source: Tropicos, 2007 - 2011, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.tropicos.org/   
  Reference for: Guaiacum officinale   
       
  Source: Zygophyllaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Guaiacum officinale   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II listed under Guaiacum, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    


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