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Palo Verde
(Genus Parkinsonia)
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Parkinsonia /ˌpɑːrkɪnˈsoʊniə/, also Cercidium /sərˈsɪdiəm/, is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 12 species that are native to semi-desert regions of Africa and the Americas. The name of the genus honors English apothecary and botanist John Parkinson (1567–1650).
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Bladdernut Family
(Family Staphyleaceae)
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Staphyleaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, native to the Northern Hemisphere and also in South America. The largest genus Staphylea, which gives the family its name, contains the "bladdernut" trees. The family includes two genera with ca 45 known species.
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Mexican Palo Verde
(Parkinsonia aculeata)
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Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of perennial flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. Common names include palo verde, Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia, Jerusalem thorn, and jelly bean tree.
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Little-leaved Palo Verde
(Parkinsonia microphylla)
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Parkinsonia microphylla, the yellow paloverde, foothill paloverde or little-leaved palo verde; syn. Cercidium microphyllum), is a species of palo verde.
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Blue Palo Verde
(Parkinsonia florida)
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Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis.
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Royal Poinciana Graphic
(Melipotis acontioides)
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The Royal Poinciana Moth (Melipotis acontioides) is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found from the southern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida) through Mexico and Central America to Brazil, Argentina and the Galapagos Islands. It is also found in the Caribbean, including Cuba and the British Virgin Islands, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
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Palo Verde Root Borer
(Derobrachus hovorei)
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Derobrachus hovorei is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family. It was described by Santos-Silva in 2007.
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Texas Paloverde
(Parkinsonia texana)
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Parkinsonia texana is a species of perennial flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, native to Texas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and Tamaulipas. Common names include Texas palo verde, Border palo verde, and Retama china.
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Desert Museum Palo Verde
(Parkinsonia aculeata × florida × microphylla)
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Palo Verde Webworm
(Faculta inaequalis)
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Faculta inaequalis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona and New Mexico.
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Pallid Desert-Digger
(Centris pallida)
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Centris pallida is a species of solitary bee native to North America. It lacks an accepted common name; however, it has been called the digger bee, the desert bee, and the pallid bee due to its actions, habitat, and color respectively. The solitary nature of this bee allows for a dual-strategy mating system which produces an evolutionarily stable state resistant to invading strategies. These bees have also evolved to withstand the high temperatures of their native...
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Palo Verde Seed Beetle
(Penthobruchus germaini)
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Turpinia occidentalis
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Turpinia occidentalis, the muttonwood, is a tree species native to southern Mexico, Caribbean islands, Central America and northern South America.
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Palos Verdes Blue
(Glaucopsyche lygdamus ssp. palosverdesensis)
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The Palos Verdes blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) is a small endangered butterfly native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, United States. As its distribution has been proven to be limited to one single site it has one of the best claims to being the world's rarest butterfly.
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