Abarema cochliacarpos

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Overview

Vulnerable

Description

Family Mimosaceae

The Mimosaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 40 genera and 2,000 species. The leaves are nearly always alternate, stipulate , and bipinnately compound (rarely once-pinnate) They usually have swollen petiole bases called pulvini that commonly function in orientation of the leaves (remember the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The inflorescence is commonly a capitulum (also called a head ). The flowers are hypogynous to slightly perigynous, have radial symmetry, petals that are valvate in bud, and commonly a 5-parted calyx and corolla. The stamens are distinct to strongly monadelphous , numerous (rarely as few as 10), and are generally more showy than the perianth. The pistil is simple , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with 2-many marginal ovules in a solitary locule. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 804 meters (0 to 2,638 feet).[1]

Ecology: A tree or arborescent shrub of the Atlantic coastal forest , and on disturbed mato do cípo, cerrado or campo rupestre, sometimes reaching an altitude of 1,100 m. [2]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Abarema cochliocarpos (Gomes) Barneby & Grimes
2. Abarema cochliocarpos (Gomes)barneby & J. W. Grimes

Notes

Publishing author : Barneby & J.W.Grimes Publication : Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 94 1996 [25 Mar 1996] Basionym author: (B .A.Gomes) Basionym: Leguminosae Mimosa cochliacarposBasionym author: (Gomes)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Abarema

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 93 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. abbottii · A. acreana (Zopilocuavo) · A. adenophora · A. adenophorum · A. agropecuaria · A. alexandri (Tamarind Shadbark) · A. alexandri var. alexandri · A. alexandri var. troyana · A. angulata · A. asplenifolia · A. aspleniifolia · A. auriculata (Pashaquilla) · A. barbouriana · A. barbouriana var. arenaria · A. barbouriana var. barbouriana · A. bigemina · A. borneensis · A. brachystachya · A. callejasii · A. campestris · A. centiflora · A. clypearia · A. cochleata · A. cochleata var. cochleata (Inga De Lagarta) · A. cochleata var. moniliformis · A. cochliacarpos · A. cochliocarpos · A. commutata (Ercey-Euru-Yek) · A. cordifolia · A. curvicarpa · A. curvicarpa var. curvicarpa · A. curvicarpa var. rodriguesii · A. cyclosperma · A. dypearia · A. ferruginea · A. filamentosa · A. floribunda · A. gallorum · A. ganymedea · A. glauca · A. globosa · A. glomeriflora · A. grandiflora · A. idiopoda · A. josephi · A. josephii · A. jupunba · A. jupunba (Willd.) Britton & Killip var. trapezifolia (Vahl) Barneby & J.W.Grime · A. jupunba var. jupunba · A. jupunba var. trapezifolia · A. killipii · A. kinabaluensis · A. laeta · A. langsdorffii · A. langsdorfii · A. lehmanii · A. lehmannii · A. leucophylla · A. leucophylla var. leucophylla · A. leucophylla var. vaupesensis · A. levelii · A. longipedunculata · A. lovellae · A. macradenia · A. maestrensis · A. mataybifolia · A. microcaly · A. microcalyx · A. microcalyx var. enterolobioides · A. microcalyx var. microcalyx · A. microcalyx var. parauaquarae · A. microcarpa · A. muellerana · A. nipensis · A. obovalis · A. obovata · A. oppositifolia · A. oxyphillidia · A. oxyphyllidia · A. piresii · A. pruinosa · A. quocensis · A. racemiflora · A. racmosa · A. ricoae · A. robinsonii · A. sapindoides · A. scutifera · A. trichophylla · A. turbinata · A. villifera · A. yunnanensis · A. zollerana

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Further Reading

• Barneby, R.C. and Grimes, J.W. 1996. Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Abarema cochliacarpos. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden
• The New York Botanical Garden: Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3451217
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15556250
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:989382-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1020872-
• IUCN ID: 36560
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1023943

Footnotes

1. Mean = 536.800 meters (1,761.155 feet), Standard Deviation = 282.700 based on 15 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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