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Description
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]
Habitat
Ecology: A species restricted to remaining fragments of sclerophyllous forest .[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Phylum:
Anthophyta
()
- Class:
Dicotyledoneae
()
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Rosales
()
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Rosales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Dicotyledoneae
(
- Phylum:
Anthophyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Albizia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 278 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 (West African Albizzia) · A. adianthifolia var. adianthifolia · A. adianthifolia var. intermedia (West African Albizzia) · A. adinocephala (Cream Albizia) · A. altissima · A. amara (Oil Cake Tree) · A. amara amara · A. amara sericocephala · A. androyensis · A. angolensis · A. angulata · A. anthelmintica (Mucenna Albizia) · A. antunesiana · A. arenicola · A. arunachalensis · A. atakataka · A. attopeuensis · A. aurisparsa · A. aylmeri · A. balabaka · A. barinensis · A. bequaertii · A. bernieri · A. berteriana · A. berteroana · A. boinensis (Chinese Albizia) · 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. caribaea · A. carrii · A. charpentieri · A. chevalieri · A. chinensis (Chinese Albizia) · A. chinensis var. chinensis · A. chinensis var. smithiana · A. chirindensis · A. clypearia · A. colombiana · A. commiphoroides · A. comorensis · A. comptonii · A. conjugato-pinnata · A. corbisieri · A. coreana · A. coriaria (Mugavu) · A. coripatensis · A. corniculata · A. crassiramea · A. cubana · A. decandra · A. deplanchei · A. divaricata · A. dolichadena · A. dubia · A. duclouxii · A. edwallii · A. edwarllii · A. elegans · A. eriorhachis · A. euryphylla · A. falcata · A. falcataria · A. fastigiata · A. ferruginea (Awiemfo-Samina) · A. flamignii · A. flavovirens · A. forbesii · A. garrettii · A. gigantea · A. gillardinii · A. glaberrima (White Nongo) · A. glaberrima var. glabrescens · A. glabrior · A. glabripetala · A. glomeriflora · A. grandibracteata (Red Nongo) · A. granulosa · A. greveana · A. guachapele (CenÁzaro Macho) · A. guillainii · A. gummifera (Msuruwache) · A. gummiflora · A. harveyi · A. harveyii
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Further Reading
- Bouchet, P., Jaffre, T. and Veillon, J. 1995. Plant extinction in New Caledonia: protection of sclerophyll forests urgently needed. Biodiversity and Conservation 4: 415-428.
- Jaffre, T., Bouchet, P. and Veillon, J.-M. 1998. Threatened plants of New Caledonia: Is the system of protected areas adequate? Biodiversity and Conservation 7(1): 36.
- Laubenfels, D.J. de. 1972. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et dépendances. Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
Notes
Contributors
- Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7145137
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15557137
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473258-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 473258-1
- IUCN ID: 35026
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1022677
Footnotes
- "Albizia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
