Overview
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Description
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Ecology: It grows in dense forest , and in transitional areas between evergreen and dry open dipterocarp forest.[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Phylum:
Anthophyta
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Anthophyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Afzelia cochinchinensis (Pierre)leonard
- Afzelia siamica Craib
- Pahudia cochinchinensis Pierre
- Pahudia xylocarpa Kurz
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Zarucchi J.L., 1993
Similar Species
Members of the genus Afzelia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 54 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. africana (African Mahogany) · A. attenuata · A. australis · A. bella (Pretty Afzelia) · A. bequaertii · A. bijuga · A. bipindensis (Doussie Rouge) · A. bipinnatisecta · A. bracteata (Afzelia) · A. brieyi · A. cambodensis · A. cambodiensis · A. cassioides · A. bipindensis · A. chihuahuana · A. coahuilana · A. coriacea · A. cuanzensis · A. decurva · A. deflexa · A. discolor · A. glandulosa · A. grandis · A. havardii · A. integrifolia · A. javanica · A. laciniata · A. latiflora · A. laxa · A. macrophylla · A. madagascariensis · A. madrensis · A. martabanica · A. microcarpa · A. pachyloba (Doussie Blanc) · A. palembanica · A. parviflora · A. pectinata · A. pectinata var. peninsularis · A. petersiana · A. peturei · A. quanzensis (Rhodesian Mahogany) · A. ramosissima · A. retusa · A. rhomboidea · A. scabra · A. sinaloana · A. stricta · A. tashiroi · A. tenuisecta · A. texana · A. virgata · A. xylocarpa · A. zenkeri
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Further Reading
- Loc, Phan Ke. 1986. Lists of rare and endangered plant species of Vietnam (1986-1988) (unpublished).
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment. 1996. Sach do Viet Nam Phan Thuc Vat. Science and Technics Publishing House, Hanoi.
- Phengklai, C. and Khamsai, S. 1985. Some non-timber species of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 1(15): 108-148.
- Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (eds) 1993. Plant Resources of South-East Asia 5(1). Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS
- Nghia, N.H. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2840972
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-16807
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473084-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 473084-1
- IUCN ID: 32811
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404874
Footnotes
- Nghia, N.H. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
