Sclerolobium aureum

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Sclerolobium aureum (Tul.) Baillon
2. Sclerolobium aureum var. polyphyllum Hassl.
3. Sclerolobium aureum var. velutinum Benth.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Zarucchi J.L., 1993

Place of publication : Histoire des Plantes 2:90. 1870

Name verified on 22-Aug-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Feb-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sclerolobium

There are approximately 60 species in this genus:

S. albiflorum (Jawaredan Belero) · S. amplifolium · S. aureum (Craveiro) · S. aureum var. aureum · S. aureum var. grandiflorum · S. beaureipairei · S. beaurepairei · S. bracteosum · S. chrysophyllum (Guamo Colorado) · S. costaricense · S. densiflorum (Luga Porco) · S. denudatum · S. duckei (Luga Tabacum) · S. dwyeri (Canache) · S. eriopetalum · S. friburgense · S. froesii · S. glaziovii · S. goeldianum (Tachi) · S. guianense (Arapari) · S. guianense var. guianense · S. guianense var. radlkoferi · S. herthae · S. hippoboscum · S. hypoleucum · S. leiocalyx · S. macropetalum · S. macrophyllum · S. melanocarpum · S. melinonii (Alaoelama) · S. micranthum (Copaiba) · S. micropetalum · S. odoratissimum · S. odoratissimum var. latifolium · S. odoratissimum var. odoratissimum · S. paniculatum (Velame) · S. paniculatum var. paniculatum · S. paniculatum var. peruvianum · S. paniculatum var. polyphyllum · S. paniculatum var. rubiginosum · S. paniculatum var. subvelutinum · S. paraense · S. physophorum · S. pilgerianum · S. pimichinense · S. poeppigianum · S. prancei · S. reticulosum · S. rigidum · S. rugosum · S. sericeum · S. setiferum (Moena) · S. striatum · S. subbullatum · S. tinctorium (Tachy) · S. tinctorium var. tinctorium · S. tinctorium var. uleanum · S. ulei · S. urbanianum · S. vasquezii

Bibliography

• Gomes da Silva, L. F. & H. C. de Lima. 2007. Mudanças nomenclaturais no gênero Tachigali Aubl. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) no Brasil. Rodriguésia 58:398.

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Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• SysTax, Universidade de Brasilia
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2837176
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-12030
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 150600
• GRIN Nomen Number: 437967
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 400653

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