Zapoteca formosa(Kunth) H.M.Hern.

Schott's stickpea

WFO wfo-0000179451 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Zapoteca formosa, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. a José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-26 / obs. 92057187
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by aacocucci
fig. b aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66018067
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21038768
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21036841
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. e José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92057387
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by aacocucci
fig. f aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66011940
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21038776
Zapoteca formosa, photographed by aacocucci
fig. h aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66011954

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Zapoteca formosa is native: Arizona, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles ArizonaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaParaguayPeruTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.Turks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan Antilles
Native distribution of Zapoteca formosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bahamas BAH
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexican Pacific Is. MXI
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Not drawn on the map: Mexican Pacific Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 61 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acacia formosa Kunth
  • Acacia gracilis M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Acacia mollicula M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Acacia velutina Bertol.
  • Acacia viridiflora Tweedie ex Benth.
  • Anneslia capillata (Benth.) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia chapaderoana Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia cookii Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia cubensis (J.F.Macbr.) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia delicata Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia formosa (Kunth) Britton & Millsp.
  • Anneslia gracilis (Griseb.) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia gracilis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Britton
  • Anneslia grisebachii Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia interior Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia izalcoensis Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia marginata (Griseb. ex R.O.Williams) Moldenke
  • Anneslia mollicula (M.Martens & Galeotti) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia mollicula (M.Martens & Galeotti) Britton
  • Anneslia orientalis Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia penduliflora (Rose) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia salvadorensis Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia schottii Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia socorrensis (I.M.Johnst.) Britton & Rose

and 37 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.