Cladrastis

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Cladrastis - yellowwoods

rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants

Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae

Cladrastis kentukea, Cladrastis lutea, gopherwood, Kentucky yellowwood - small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye

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These include black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), chestnut oak (Quercus montana), chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminate), mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa), pignut hickory (Carya glabra), shumard oak (Queruc shumardii), sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) and yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea).

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NOTE: Kentucky yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) has very similar flowers, and blooms at the same time.

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Ademas de otras que pueden indicar cierto grado de estacionalidad como Rhus, Pistacia, Comocladia (Anacardiaceae), o miembros de Leguminosae como Inga, Pithecellobium, Mimosa, Sophora, Cladrastis y Apuleia entre otras y desde luego miembros de Berberidaceae entre los que se han identificado a Berberis y Mahonia, a veces incluidos en el mismo genero (Calvillo-Canadell y Cevallos-Ferriz, 2002, 2005).