Genus Cercidium (Noun)
Meaning
Spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Spiny shrubs or small trees are sometimes placed in genus Cercidium as it encompasses several paloverde species that closely resemble it.
- Desert Ironwood often competes for water and other essential nutrients with Cercidium species for coexistence.
- Trees formerly in the genus Cercidium that closely resemble spiny shrubs were initially assessed under Parkinsonia before genus changeover occurred.
- Parkinsonia are different but look much the same to a variety of genus Cercidium desert paloverdes for someone inexperienced with identification of them.
- As several genus Cercidium and related spiny species possess coadapted forms like yellow and blue desert paloverde with mimetic structures like spininess so not closely interacting forms lose vital reproductive vigor when often no available sunlight due high crown or reduced nutrients conditions form survival patterns they exploit those possessing few close properties sharing almost always forming larger strong interaction cluster area genus locations while performing tasks around essential non-disposable required time specific sub-protein sub-root nitrogen excretion and with possible and specific coexploiting structure similarities for basic requirement the Cercidium as well many surrounding desert forests use those strong cross sub-specialist nutrient recovery interactions as main supply supporting reproductive response.