Description
Subfamily Faboideae
Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub , Herb • Climbing: Climbing
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 4 meters (12 feet).Standard Deviation = 4.040 based on 3 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Abrus aureus littoralis (R. Viguier) Verdc.
- Abrus aureus subsp. littoralis (R.Vig.)Verdc.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abrus
There are approximately 42 species in this genus:
A. aureus · A. aureus aureus · A. aureus littoralis · A. baladensis · A. bottae · A. canescens · A. cantonensis · A. precatorius subsp. africanus · A. diversifoliatus · A. diversifoliolatus · A. fruticulosus · A. gawenensis · A. gracilis · A. laevigatus · A. longibracteatus · A. lusorius · A. madagascariensis · A. melanospermus subsp. suffruticosus · A. melanospermus subsp. tenuiflorus · A. melanospermus tenuiflorus · A. parvifolius · A. precatorius (Black-Eyed Susan) · A. precatorius africanus · A. precatorius precatorius · A. precatorius subsp. africanus · A. pulchellum · A. pulchellus · A. pulchellus cantoniensis · A. pulchellus mollis · A. pulchellus pulchellus · A. pulchellus suffruticosus · A. pulchellus tenuiflorus · A. pulchellus var. tenuiflorus · A. repens · A. sambiranensis · A. schimperi · A. schimperi africanus · A. schimperi oblongus · A. schimperi schimperi · A. somalensis · A. stictospermus · A. wittei
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.
- van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8773974
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-20855
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13665757
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 421196
