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Brownea coccinea coccinea

Description

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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]

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Brownea coccinea Jacq.
  2. Hermesias coccinea (Jacq.) Kuntze

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Synonym: Brownea aroensis.

Name verified on 23-Dec-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 04-Aug-2006

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Brownea

There are approximately 53 species in this genus:

B. angustiflora (Flor De Mayo) · B. angustifolia · B. antioquensis · B. ariza (Palo De Cruz) · B. aroensis · B. birschellii (Arisa) · B. bolivarensis · B. coccinea subsp. coccinea · B. cauliflora · B. coccinea (West Indian Mountain Rose) · B. coccinea capitella (Scarlet Flame Bean) · B. coccinea coccinea · B. coccinea subsp. capitella (Rose of Venezuela) · B. crawfordii · B. disepala (Palo De Vaina) · B. enricii (Flor De Palo De Cruz) · B. excelsa · B. gladisrojasiae · B. grandiceps (Rose of the Jungle) · B. grandiflora · B. guaraba · B. guaramaco · B. guianensis · B. hermesias · B. herthae · B. holtonii · B. hybrida · B. kewensis · B. latifolia · B. leucantha · B. longiflora · B. longipedicellata · B. loretensis (Palo De Cruz) · B. macbrideana (Cacao Silvestre) · B. macrophylla · B. multijuga · B. negrensis · B. peruviana · B. princeps · B. puberula · B. racemosa · B. rosa · B. rosa-de-monte (Palo De Cruz Macho) · B. rosa-del-monte · B. rosa-montis · B. rosa de monte · B. rosea · B. santanderensis · B. similis · B. speciosa · B. stenantha · B. tillettiana · B. ucayalina

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Last Revised: 2009-04-02