Bocoa decipiens

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Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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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: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Swartzieae ()
        Genus: Bocoa () - Aublet, 1775
        Specific epithet: decipiens - R.S.Cowan
        Botanical name: - Bocoa decipiens R.S.Cowan

Synonyms

Swartzia decipiens Holmes

Notes

Publishing author : R.S.Cowan Publication : Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 87: 124 1974

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Insufficiently known, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1993

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Bocoa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

B. limae (Feijao Brabo) · B. mollis (Brinquinho) · B. prouacensis (Aie Oudou) · B. viridiflora (Gombeira Amarela)

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Contributors

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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
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.
The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
Zarucchi JL, 1993 (from ILDIS).

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2864310
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7181
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34075-2
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 429143