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Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Acacia guachapele Kunth
2. Albizia longipedata (Pittier)Britton & Rose
3. Lysiloma guachapele (Kunth)Benth.
4. Pithecellobium guachapele (Kunth)J.F.Macbr.
5. Pithecellobium longepedatum Pittier
6. Pseudosamanea guachapele (Kunth)Harms
7. Samanea samanigua Pittier

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Nielsen I.C., Rico M.L., 1994.

Physical 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

Subfamily Mimosoideae:

Mostly trees or shrubs. Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic, sympetalous, the lobes valvate. Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous, showy. Pollen released in monads, tetrads, or polyads. Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Genus Albizia:

Unarmed trees or shrubs; leaves compound bipinnate, petiolar and jugal glands more or less conspicuous, stipules setaceous, obsolete or rarely papery. Inflorescence pedunculate globose heads, arranged racemosely. Flowers sessile or pedicellate, bisexual. Calyx gamosepalous, dentate or shortly lobed. Corolla gamopetalous, funnel shaped, petals connate beyond the middle. Stamens generally indefinite, connate at the base or high up into a tube; filaments elongated, white, rose or rarely purple, anthers small, eglandular. Ovary shortly stipitate or sessile; style filiform, stigma capitate or minute. Pod broadly linear, thin, compressed, dehiscent or not; continuous inside the valves and without pulp within. Seeds ovate or orbicular, compressed, funicle filiform.

A genus with about 145 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.^[1]

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Distribution

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Albizia:

There are approximately 316 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. boivinii · A. abyssinica · A. acle · A. acrodena · A. adianthifolia (Albizzia) · A. adianthifolia var. adianthifolia · A. adianthifolia var. intermedia · A. adinocephala (Cream Albizia) · A. affinis · A. altissima · A. amara · A. amara amara · A. amara sericocephala · A. androyensis · A. angolensis · A. anthelmintica · A. antunesiana · A. arenicola · A. arunachalensis · A. atakataka · A. attopeuense · A. attopeuense var. laui · A. attopeuensis · A. auriculata · A. aurisparsa · A. autrobrasilica · A. aylmeri · A. balabaka · A. barinensis · A. bequaertii · A. bernieri · A. berteriana · A. berteroana · A. bigemina · A. boinensis · A. boivini · A. boivinii · A. bracteata · A. brevifolia · A. brownei · A. brownii · A. bubalina · A. buntingii · A. burkartiana · A. burmanica · A. calcarea · A. callistemon · A. canescens · A. carbonaria (Naked Albizia) · A. carii · A. carrii · A. cauliflora · A. charpentieri · A. chevalieri · A. chinensis (Chinese Albizia) · A. chinensis var. chinensis · A. chinensis var. smithiana · A. chirindensis · A. clypearia · A. commiphoroides · A. comorensis · A. comptonii · A. conjugato-pinnata · A. corbisieri · A. coriacea · A. coriaria (Mugavu) · A. coripatensis · A. corniculata · A. crassiramea · A. cyclosperma · A. decandra · A. deplanchei · A. divaricata · A. dolichadena · A. dubia · A. duckeana · A. duclouxii · A. edwallii · A. edwarllii · A. elata · A. elegans · A. eriorhachis · A. euryphylla · A. falcata · A. fastigiata · A. ferruginea (Albizia) · A. flamignii · A. flavovirens · A. forbesii · A. foribunda · A. fournieri · A. fulgens · A. garrettii · A. gigantea · A. gillardinii · A. glaberrima (White Nongo) · A. glaberrima var. glabrescens · A. glabrior · A. glabripetala · A. glandulosa

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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 11 providers.
• ILDIS

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13635031
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473135-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 716187

Footnotes:

1. "Albizia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.