Humboldtia laurifolia

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• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Description

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

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Batschia laurifolia M. Vahl

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Humboldtia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

H. gelida (Flor De Llanten)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 359.
• A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon: containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses: with an atlas of plates illustrating some of the more inte by Henry Trimen. London: Dulau, 1893-1931. url p. 115, p. 381.
• A handbook of tropical gardening and planting, with special reference to Ceylon, by H. F. Macmillan. .. Colombo, H.W. Cave & co., 1914. url p. 575, p. 582, p. 662.
• A systematic catalogue of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to or growing wild in Ceylon. Colombo: G. J. A. Skeen, 1885. url .
• A text-book of botany, by Eduard Strasburger. .. Dr. Heinrich Schenck. .. Dr. Fritz Noll. .. [and] Dr. George Karsten. London, Macmillan and co., limited, 1908. url p. 605.
• Annales du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. 11 1893 Leiden [etc.]: E. J. Brill [etc.] url p. 144, p. 9.
• Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. Colombo: Skien; 1901-1924. url p. 274, p. 275, p. 276, p. 279, p. 544, p. 93.
• Ants; their structure, development and behavior, by William Morton Wheeler. .. New York, Columbia university press, 1910. url .
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 564.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 750.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 750.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 31.
• Flora of the Presidency of Madras / by J.S. Gamble. London: West, Newman and Adlard, 1915- url p. 411.
• Hymenoptera. .. London: Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.], 1897- url p. 185.
• Indian trees: an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian empire / London: A. Constable, 1906. url p. 252.
• Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- url p. 60.
• Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url , p. 1074, p. 1082, p. 1091, p. 1100, p. 88.
• Physiological plant anatomy, tr. by Montagu Drummond. London, MacMillan, 1914. url p. 39, p. 770.
• Plant-geography upon a physiological basis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903. url p. 146, p. 147, p. 148, p. 831.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 42, p. 43, p. 44, p. 77.
• Suggestions received by the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India for extending the cultivation and introduction of useful and ornamental plants: with a view to the improvement of the agricultural and commercial resources of India / compiled by Henry Harpur Spry. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1841. url p. 199, p. 34.
• The Coccidae of Ceylon. By E. Ernest Green. .. London, Dulau & Co., ltd., 1896-1922. url p. 401.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 218.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 30 1895 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 487, p. 545.
• The Popular science monthly. New York, Popular Science Pub. Co., etc. url p. 859.
• The biology of flowering plants, by Macgregor Skene. .. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. url p. 310, p. 507.
• The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown. .. London, Published for the Ray society by R. Hardwicke, 1866-68. url .
• Torreya. Burlington, Vt., Torrey Botanical Club, 1901-1945. url p. 277.
• Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 754, p. 799.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Humboldtia laurifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2840980
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-16816
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498712-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 436255
• IUCN ID: 214742
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404883

Footnotes

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Humboldtia laurifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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