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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
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
()
- Specific epithet:
leucophylla
- Barneby & J.W.Grimes
- Variety:
vaupesensis
- Botanical name: - Abarema leucophylla var. vaupesensis Barneby & J.W.Grimes
- Variety:
vaupesensis
- Specific epithet:
leucophylla
- Barneby & J.W.Grimes
- Genus:
Abarema
(
- Family:
Mimosaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
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
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15987209
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:989369-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 319425-2
- IUCN ID: 36551
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3496821
