Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Jurema
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-15' tall.
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology: A shrubby tree restricted to restinga and thickets on sandy soils along the coast.[1].
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
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.
- Genus:
Chloroleucon
()
- Specific epithet:
tortum
- (Martius) Pittier
- Botanical name: - Chloroleucon tortum (Martius) Pittier
- Specific epithet:
tortum
- (Martius) Pittier
- Genus:
Chloroleucon
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Cathormion tortum (Mart.)pittier • Feuilleea tortum (Mart.)kuntze • Pithecellobium tortum Mart. • Pithecolobium tortum Mart.
Notes
Publishing author
: Pittier Publication
: Bol. Ci. T?cn. Mus. Comercial
Venezuela 1: 16 1927
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan:
Perennial
Last scrutiny: May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chloroleucon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. acacioides (Jurema) · C. chacoense (Palo Barroso) · C. foliolosum (Triadim) · C. mangense (Nacascolo) · C. tortum (Jurema)
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Further Reading
- Barneby, R.C. and Grimes, J.W. 1996. Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3318268
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-9477
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:989414-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 56986-2
- IUCN ID: 200037
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 431217
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Chloroleucon tortum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
