Zapoteca portoricensis(Jacq.) H.M.Hern.

white stickpea

WFO wfo-0000179455 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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 portoricensis, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. a Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-08-31 / obs. 49883520
Zapoteca portoricensis, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. b Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49883526
Zapoteca portoricensis, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. c Cheongweei Gan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 57949845
Zapoteca portoricensis, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. d Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83730194
Zapoteca portoricensis, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. e Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83730180
Zapoteca portoricensis, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. f Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83730211
Zapoteca portoricensis, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. g Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49883532

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Zapoteca portoricensis is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoVenezuela Leeward Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Zapoteca portoricensis, 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
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 30 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 alba Colla
  • Acacia alba Spin
  • Acacia colleana C.Presl
  • Acacia hamiltonii Desv.
  • Acacia linearis Desv.
  • Acacia portoricensis (Jacq.) Willd.
  • Acacia ungulata Desv.
  • Acacia venusta Willd.
  • Acacia vespertina Macfad.
  • Anneslia nicaraguensis (Taub. & Loes.) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia portoricensis (Jacq.) Britton
  • Anneslia portoricensis (Jacq.) Donn.Sm.
  • Anneslia spraguei Britton & Rose
  • Calliandra alba Benth. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Calliandra flavida Urb.
  • Calliandra nicaraguensis Taub. & Loes.
  • Calliandra nogalensis Lundell
  • Calliandra portoricensis (Jacq.) Benth.
  • Calliandra portoricensis var. major Sprague
  • Calliandra siltepecensis Lundell
  • Calliandra spraguei (Britton & Rose) Lundell
  • Calliandra ungulata (Desv.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Calliandra vespertina (Macfad.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Feuilleea portoricensis (Jacq.) Kuntze

and 6 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.