Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lace-Flower-Tree, Paintbrushtree, Pink Laceflower, Tasseltree, Tulip Siris
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]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 610 meters (0 to 2,001 feet).[1]
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
()
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Tribe:
Ingeae
()
- Genus:
Archidendron
()
- F. von Mueller, 1865
- Specific epithet:
grandiflorum
- (Benth.)I.C.Nielsen
- Botanical name: - Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.)I.C.Nielsen
- Specific epithet:
grandiflorum
- (Benth.)I.C.Nielsen
- Genus:
Archidendron
(
- Tribe:
Ingeae
(
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Abarema grandiflora (Benth.)kosterm. • Albizia tozeri (F. Muell.)f. Muell. • Feuilleea tozeri (F. Muell.)kuntze • Pithecellobium grandiflorum Benth. • Pithecellobium tozeri F. Muell.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Archidendron
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. glomeriflorum (Fairy Paint Brushes (Aust)) · A. grandiflorum (Lace-Flower-Tree) · A. jiringa (Luk Nieng Tree) · A. lucyi (Australian Archidendron) · A. pauciflorum (Ngapi Nut) · A. quocense (Blackbead)
More Info
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Further Reading
- National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg) [= Pithecellobium].
- Nielsen, I. 1982. The Australian species of Archidendron. Nordic J. Bot. 2:481.
- Nielsen, I. et al. 1984. The genus Archidendron (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Opera Bot. 76:80.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
- Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- Podlech D, 1996 (from ILDIS).
- Polhill RM, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- Rhytismatales database 2006.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
- Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
- Stirton CH, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- The Virtual Field Herbarium.
- Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- Vaz AMSF, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adenanthera intermedia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- van der Maesen LJG, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3906066
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-18110
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14463995
- GRIN Nomen Number: 311919
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 418259
Footnotes
- Mean = -8.440 meters (-27.690 feet), Standard Deviation = 485.940 based on 57 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
