Description
Family Malpighiaceae
The Malpighiaceae are trees and lianous shrubs comprising about 60 genera and 1,200 species that are further characterized by the presence of often reddish, medifixed or variously branched hairs . The leaves are simple , usually opposite, and frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade ; stipules are usually present. The flowers are mostly bisexual and are actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls with 5 distinct segments in each. One or more of the sepals usually have one or more conspicuous glands. The petals are usually clawed and the limb is typically fringed or toothed . The androecium consists of usually 10 distinct or basally connate stamens in two whorls but some or half of them are commonly reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of almost always 3 carpels, 3 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 3 locules, each containing a single pendulous, axile ovule. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Vochysiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Barbados Cherry Family
- Genus:
Cabi
()
- Specific epithet:
paraensis
- Ducke
- Botanical name: - Cabi paraensis Ducke
- Specific epithet:
paraensis
- Ducke
- Genus:
Cabi
(
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
(
- Order:
Vochysiales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cabi paraensis Ducke, 1943
Notes
Place of publication
: Arq. Serv. Florest. 2:13. 1943
Name
verified on 17-Dec-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cabi
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
Bibliography
- Johnson, D. M. 1986. Syst. Bot. 11:349.
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3458699
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15598411
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:556216-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 409681
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 39036-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1081799
