Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Anguo, Branco, Vilca
Description
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Tribe:
Mimoseae
()
- Genus:
Anadenanthera
()
- Spegazzini, 1923
- Specific epithet:
colubrina
- (Vell.) Brenan
- Nakedwood
- Botanical name: - Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan
- Specific epithet:
colubrina
- (Vell.) Brenan
- Nakedwood
- Genus:
Anadenanthera
(
- Tribe:
Mimoseae
(
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Acacia colubrina Mart. • Acacia grata Willd. • Mimosa colubrina Vell. • Piptadenia grata (Willd.)macbr.
Notes
Publishing author
: Brenan Publication
: Kew Bull
. 1955: 182 1955
Basionym
author: (Vell.)
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: 1994-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anadenanthera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. colubrina (Branco) · A. colubrina var. cebil (Curupay) · A. peregrina (Bois Galle)
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Further Reading
- Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book)
- Reis Altschul, S. von. 1964. A taxonomic study of the genus Anadenanthera. Contr. Gray Herb. 193:51.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- The New York Botanical Garden, Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2835961
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-10427
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12264-2
- GRIN Nomen Number: 314078
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 399325
Footnotes
- Mean = 748.860 meters (2,456.890 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,121.960 based on 325 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
