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Parkinsonia florida
| Blue palo verde | |
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| Tree in flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Parkinsonia |
| Species: | P. florida
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| Binomial name | |
| Parkinsonia florida | |
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.[1][2] Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis.
- ^ USDA . accessed 4.1.2013
- ^ Calflora Database: Parkinsonia florida accessed 4.1.2013
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