catchbirdtrees
Pisonia
Pisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. It was named for Dutch physician and naturalist Willem Piso (1611–1678). Certain species in this genus are known as catchbirdtrees, birdcatcher trees or birdlime trees because their sticky seeds reportedly trap small birds. These sticky seeds are postulated to be an adaptation of some island species to ensure the dispersal of seeds between islands by attaching them to birds. These island species...
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Native Bougainvillea
speciesPisonia aculeata
grand devil's-claws
speciesPisonia grandis
Pisonia capitata
speciesPisonia capitata
Water Mampoo
speciesPisonia subcordata
Smooth Devil's Claws
speciesPisonia rotundata
Pisonia zapallo
speciesPisonia zapallo
Pisonia horneae
speciesPisonia horneae
Pisonia margaretiae
speciesPisonia margaretiae
Pisonia albida
speciesPisonia albida
Pisonia roqueae
speciesPisonia roqueae
Pisonia calafia
speciesPisonia calafia
Pisonia flavescens
speciesPisonia flavescens
Pisonia macranthocarpa
speciesPisonia macranthocarpa
Pisonia taina
speciesPisonia taina
Pisonia donnellsmithii
speciesPisonia donnellsmithii
Pisonia floribunda
speciesPisonia floribunda
Pisonia ambigua
speciesPisonia ambigua
forest geebung
speciesPisonia silvatica
Pisonia jamaicensis
speciesPisonia jamaicensis
Pisonia ekmanii
speciesPisonia ekmanii
Pisonia proctorii
speciesPisonia proctorii
Pisonia byrsonimifolia
speciesPisonia byrsonimifolia
Pisonia costata
speciesPisonia costata
Pisonia ochracea
speciesPisonia ochracea
Pisonia petiolaris
speciesPisonia petiolaris
Pisonia petenensis
speciesPisonia petenensis
Pisonia indecora
speciesPisonia indecora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124450.