Albizia vaughanii

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Overview

Critically Endangered

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]

Physical Description

Habitat

Ecology: A small tree reaching 4.5-6 m in height . Found in sub-tropical rain forest with annual rainfall of 1-2 m. [2]


List of Habitats :1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Albizia vaghanii Brenan

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

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

• Bosser, J., Cadet, Th., Julien, H.R. and Marais, W. 1976. Flore des Mascareignes. The Sugar Research Institute, Mauritiu, ORSTOM, Paris, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers) 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
• Page, W. 1997. Data collection forms completed on the threatened tree species of Mauritius.
• Strahm, W.A. 1993. The conservation and restoration of the flora of Mauritius and Rodrigues. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis (2 vols.), Reading University, UK.

Notes

Contributors

• Allet, M. (TPTNC) & Strahm, W. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2844327
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-20101
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 473162-1
• IUCN ID: 33503
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 420389

Footnotes

1. "Albizia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Allet, M. (TPTNC) & Strahm, W. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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