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Cercis siliquastrum L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Judas-tree
  • 🇫🇷 Arbre de Judée, Gainier de Judée, Gainier commun

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Fabales
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Subfamily: Cercidoideae
  • Genus: Cercis
  • Species: Cercis siliquastrum

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. canadensis L., 1753, whose leaves have an acuminate or acute apex, while those of C. siliquastrum have a rounded apex.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • C. siliquastrum subsp. hebecarpa (Bornm.) Yalt., 1967;
  • C. siliquastrum subsp. siliquastrum L., 1753, M;
  • C. siliquastrum nothosubsp. yaltirikii (Ponert) Govaerts, 1999: subsp. hebecarpa × subsp. siliquastrum.

Photographs

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Cercis siliquastrum
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Cercis siliquastrum
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Cercis siliquastrum
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Cercis siliquastrum - Leaves

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