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Description
Family Caesalpiniaceae
The Caesalpiniaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 150 genera and 2,200 species. The leaves are stipulate , alternate, and mostly pinnately compound but may be bipinnate or simple . Like the other legume families the petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus. The flowers are in racemes , spikes or cymes, are zygomorphic, and are mostly weakly to strongly perigynous. The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each; the petals are distinct , overlapping (i.e. , imbricate) in bud, with the posterior one (flag or banner ) innermost in position. The androecium usually consists of 1-10 distinct or variously united stamens, some of which are commonly reduced to nonfunctional staminodes. The pistil is simple, consisting of one style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
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- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
()
- Senna family
- Genus:
Brownea
()
- Specific epithet:
santanderensis
- Quinones
- Botanical name: - Brownea santanderensis Quinones
- Specific epithet:
santanderensis
- Quinones
- Genus:
Brownea
(
- Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
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- Order:
Fabales
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- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –
Similar Species
Members of the genus Brownea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. angustiflora (Flor De Mayo) · B. angustifolia · B. antioquensis · B. ariza (Palo De Cruz) · B. aroensis · B. birschellii (Arisa) · B. bolivarensis · B. coccinea subsp. coccinea · B. cauliflora · B. coccinea (West Indian Mountain Rose) · B. coccinea capitella (Scarlet Flame Bean) · B. coccinea coccinea · B. coccinea subsp. capitella (Rose of Venezuela) · B. crawfordii · B. disepala (Palo De Vaina) · B. enricii (Flor De Palo De Cruz) · B. excelsa · B. gladisrojasiae · B. grandiceps (Rose of the Jungle) · B. grandiflora · B. guaraba · B. guaramaco · B. guianensis · B. hermesias · B. herthae · B. holtonii · B. hybrida · B. kewensis · B. latifolia · B. leucantha · B. longiflora · B. longipedicellata · B. loretensis (Palo De Cruz) · B. macbrideana (Cacao Silvestre) · B. macrophylla · B. multijuga · B. negrensis · B. peruviana · B. princeps · B. puberula · B. racemosa · B. rosa · B. rosa-de-monte (Palo De Cruz Macho) · B. rosa-del-monte · B. rosa-montis · B. rosa de monte · B. rosea · B. santanderensis · B. similis · B. speciosa · B. stenantha · B. tillettiana · B. ucayalina
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Further Reading
- Calderon, E. (compiler) 1997. Lista de plantas Colombianas en peligro. July 1997 Version. Instituto de Investigacino de Recursos Biologicas Alexander von Humboldt. (unpublished).
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
- Calderon, E. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2843991
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-19722
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 302132-2
- IUCN ID: 38427
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 420002
