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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
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Mimosaceae
()
- Genus:
Abarema
()
- Pittier
- Specific epithet:
filamentosa
- Pittier
- Botanical name: - Abarema filamentosa Pittier
- Specific epithet:
filamentosa
- Pittier
- Genus:
Abarema
(
- Family:
Mimosaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Feuilleea filamentosa (Benth.) Kuntze
- Feuilleea filamentosa (Benth.)kuntze
- Pithecellobium filamentosum Benth.
- Pithecolobium filamentosum Benth.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Barneby R.C., Grimes J.W. (Monograph 1996/97), May-2001
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
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Abarema filamentosa. 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 February 28, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2866187
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-9363
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469529-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1072666-
- IUCN ID: 36558
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 431130
