Ceratonia
Ceratonia is small genus of flowering trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, endemic to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its best known member, the carob tree, is cultivated for its fruits (called pods) and has been widely introduced to regions with similar climates.
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| Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) | |
Scientific classification 
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It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1]
The genus was created by Carl Linnaeus and published in Species Plantarum 2: 1026 en 1753.[2][3] The type specimen is Ceratonia siliqua.
The genus was long considered monotypic (with only one species), but a second species, Ceratonia oreothauma, was identified in 1979 from Oman and Somalia.[4]
Images
Some photos of Ceratonia siliqua (the carob tree):
Tree
Flowers
Fruit
References
- ↑ 'Ceratonia L.. Germplasm Resources Information Network (3 April 2007)United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ Ceratonia'. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ 'Ceratonia in PlantList. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ↑ 'Ceratonia oreothauma'. Kew Bulletin Vol. 35, No. 2 (1980). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
Other websites
Media related to Ceratonia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ceratonia at Wikispecies- Ceratonia in Encyclopedia of Life
- Ceratonia L. in Global Biodiversity Information Facility