Dalbergia brachystachya

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• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Description

Genus Dalbergia

Trees and shrubs . Leaves imparipinnate rarely unifoliolate , lateral leaflets alternate, exstipellate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary cyme or panicle. Bract and bracteoles small. Calyx campanulate , teeth unequal. Vexillum ovate or orbicular . Keel petals united at the tip . Stamens 9 or 10, monadelphous or diadelphous . Ovary stipitate , ovules 1 to few, style incurved , glabrous , stigma capitate. Fruit samaroid , indehiscent, not winged , 1-4-seeded. Seed reniform , compressed .

A genus with about 300 species, mainly distributed in tropics and subtropics.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [2].

Ecology: This species occurs in evergreen , humid forest between 1,000 and 1,500 m. [2].

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Endangered , Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dalbergia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. abrahamii (Rosewood) · D. bariensis (Burmese Rosewood) · D. baronii (Palisander) · D. brasiliensis (Caroba-Brava) · D. brownei (Brown's Indian Rosewood) · D. calycina (Granadillo) · D. candenatensis (Dalbergia) · D. catingicola (Jacarand) · D. cearensis (Brazilian Kingwood) · D. cochinchinensis (Rose Wood) · D. cubilquitzensis (Granadillo) · D. cultrata (Burma Blackwood) · D. cultrata var. cultrata (Burma Blackwood) · D. decipularis (Bastiao-De-Arruda) · D. ecastaphyllum (Bejuco De Peseta) · D. elegans (Mussuta) · D. foliolosa (Jacarand -Rosa) · D. frutescens (Jacarandá-Rosa) · D. frutescens var. frutescens (Pau-De-Estribo) · D. frutescens var. tomentosa (Jacarand -Rosa) · D. funera (Ebano) · D. gracilis (Tripa-De-Galinha) · D. hortensis (Sebastiao-De-Arruda) · D. inundata (Jacaranda) · D. lanceolaria (Shisham) · D. latifolia (Bombay Blackwood) · D. melanoxylon (African Blackwood) · D. miscolobium (Canela-De-Burro) · D. mollis (Rosewood) · D. monetaria (Bejuco De Peseta) · D. nigra (Bahia Rosewood) · D. odorifera (Fragrant Rosewood) · D. oliveri (Burma Rosewood) · D. palauensis (Dalbergia) · D. parviflora (Akar Laka) · D. pseudo-sissoo (Hornet Creeper) · D. retusa var. retusa (Nambar) · D. riparia (Rabo-De-Guariba) · D. sissoides (Malabar Blackwood) · D. sissoo (Indian Rosewood) · D. spruceana (Sabuarana) · D. stevensonii (Rosewood) · D. subcymosa (Ver“nica) · D. trichocarpa (Rosewood) · D. tucurensis (Dalbergia) · D. villosa (Heliotropio) · D. villosa var. barretoana (Heliotropio) · D. xerophila (Rosewood)

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Further Reading

• Du Puy, D. 1997. Completed data collection forms on Madagascan Dalbergia species.
• Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Notes

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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Du Puy, D. 1998. Dalbergia brachystachya. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Du Puy, D. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ohashi H & Tateishi Y, 1996 (from ILDIS).
• Pasquet RS, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
• Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
• 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).
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3768102
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-20800
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:993159-1
• IUCN ID: 204380
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 421136

Footnotes

1. "Dalbergia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 56.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Du Puy, D. 1998. Dalbergia brachystachya. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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