Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Ungnadia > Ungnadia speciosa

Ungnadia speciosa (Mexican buckeye)

Synonyms: Ungnadia heptaphylla; Ungnadia heterophylla

Wikipedia Abstract

Ungnadia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae containing one species, Ungnadia speciosa, the Mexican buckeye, a shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico as well as Texas and southern New Mexico in the United States. The name honours David Baron von Ungnad (d. 1600), who first brought the horse chestnut to Vienna. It differs from the buckeyes in the related genus Aesculus in having alternate, pinnate leaves with 5-7 leaflets, but the flowers and nuts are similar. Another similar related genus is the soapberry (genus Sapindus).
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Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  86 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [1]  20 feet (6.1 m)
Width [1]  20 feet (6.1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Jornada Biosphere Reserve Ib 30913 New Mexico, United States

Predators

Ammospermophilus interpres (Texas antelope squirrel)[4]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Ammospermophilus interpres, Troy L. Best, Cynthia L. Lewis, Katharine Caesar, and Amy S. Titus, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 365, pp. 1-6 (1990)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0