Description
Family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Fabaceae
()
- Lindley, 1836
- Bean Family
- Genus:
Guibourtia
()
- Specific epithet:
sousae
- J.Leonard
- Botanical name: - Guibourtia sousae J.Leonard
- Specific epithet:
sousae
- J.Leonard
- Genus:
Guibourtia
(
- Family:
Fabaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –
Similar Species
Members of the genus Guibourtia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
G. arnoldiana · G. carrissoana · G. chodatiana · G. chodatiana var. chodatiana · G. chodatiana var. fruticosa · G. coleosperma (Rhodesian Mahogany) · G. confertiflora · G. conjugata · G. copallifera · G. demeusei (African Rosewood) · G. dinklagei · G. ehie (Black Hyedua) · G. fissicuspis · G. hymenaefolia · G. hymenaeifolia · G. hymenifolia · G. leonensis · G. pellegriniana · G. schliebenii · G. sousae · G. tessmannii (Faux Bois De Rose)
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Further Reading
- Bandeira, S. 1995. Data collection forms for tree species of Mozambique.
- Lock, J.M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, International Legume Database and Information Service, Kew.
- Savi, C.G. 1810 Obs.Trif.
Notes
Contributors
- Bandeira, S. 1998. Guibourtia sousae. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bandeira, S. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Cristofolini G & Feoli L 1991/1993 (from ILDIS).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2865875
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-899
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:497162-1
- IUCN ID: 34500
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 430825
