Dioclea violacea (Wadra)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Wadra

Description

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 Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Magnoliophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Flowering Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Fabanae () - R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Fabaceae () - Lindley, 1836 - Bean Family
        Subfamily: Faboideae ()
        Tribe: Phaseoleae ()
        Genus: Dioclea ()
        Specific epithet: violacea - Benth.
        Botanical name: - Dioclea violacea Benth.

Unambiguous Synonyms

Dioclea paraguariensis Hassl.
Dioclea paraguayensis Hassl.
Dioclea violacea Benth.
Dioclea violacea Mart. ex Benth., 1837
Dolichos altissimus Vell.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Comm. legum. gen. 69. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:133. 1839)

Name verified on 03-Aug-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Jan-2008

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Dioclea

There are approximately 80 species in this genus:

D. aberrans · D. albiflora · D. apiculata · D. apurensis · D. arcuata · D. argentea var. nuda · D. atropurpurea · D. aurea · D. bicolor · D. broadwayana · D. burkartii · D. cassinoides · D. cathartica · D. coriacea · D. crassifolia · D. decandra · D. densiflora · D. dichrona · D. dictyoneura · D. edulis · D. elliptica · D. erecta · D. ferruginea · D. fimbriata · D. flexuosa · D. funalis · D. glabra · D. glychoides · D. grandiflora · D. grandistipula · D. guianensis (Frijolillo) · D. guianensis var. guianensis · D. guianensis var. lasiophylla · D. guianensis var. velutina · D. hexandra (Bejuco De Mato) · D. hispidissima · D. holtiana · D. huberi · D. javanica · D. lancifolia · D. latifolia · D. lehmanni · D. lehmannii · D. leiantha · D. macrantha · D. macrocarpa · D. magnifolia · D. malacocarpa · D. marginata · D. megacarpa (Ojo De Buey) · D. mollicoma · D. mollis · D. odorata · D. ornithoryncha · D. paniculata · D. pauciflora · D. pilifera · D. pulchra · D. reflexa · D. rigida · D. rostrata · D. rostrata var. nitida · D. rostrata var. rostrata · D. ruddiae · D. rufescens · D. scabra · D. scabra var. brownii · D. scabra var. schulzii · D. schimpffii · D. schottii · D. sclerocarpa · D. sericea · D. steyermarkii · D. trujillensis · D. ucayalina · D. umbrina · D. violacea (Wadra) · D. virgata · D. virgata var. crenata · D. wilsonii (Wilson's Clusterpea)

Bibliography

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César, E. A. et al. 2006. Preliminary list of the Leguminosae in northeastern Brazil. (Leg NE Brazil)
Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. (L Guiana Shield)
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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.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 17, 2007.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 20, 2008.
Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
, Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
SysTax, SysTax

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2836641
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11379
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638644
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:492689-1
GRIN Nomen Number: 315147

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 400078