Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Barba De Jelote, Cascahuite, Frijolillo, Guacamayo, Guaje, Guash, Membl, Vainillo
Common Names in Spanish:
Guajillo
Description
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
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:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: Sep-1999
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leucaena
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. collinsii subsp. zacapana (Guaje) · L. confertiflora var. adenotheloidea (Guaje De Huerta) · L. confertiflora var. confertiflora (Guaje Del Cerro) · L. cuspidata (Efe) · L. diversifolia (Guache) · L. esculenta (Carne De Venado) · L. greggii (Gregg Lead Tree) · L. involucrata (Barra Blanca) · L. lanceolata var. lanceolata (Guaje De Zopilote) · L. lanceolata var. sousae (Guaje De Zopilote) · L. lempirana (Guaje) · L. leucocephala (Acacia) · L. leucocephala glabrata (Guache De Tierra Caliente) · L. leucocephala ixtahuacana (Guash Criollo) · L. leucocephala leucocephala (Granadillo Bobo) · L. macrophylla istmensis (Ndwa De Monte) · L. magnifica (Guaje) · L. matudae (Guaje) · L. mixtec (Guaje) · L. multicapitula (Frijolillo) · L. pallida (Guaja) · L. pueblana (Guaje) · L. pulverulenta (Barba De Chivo) · L. retusa (Cafecillo) · L. salvadorensis (Aserillo) · L. shannonii (Barba De Jelote) · L. shannonii shannonii (Barba De Jelote) · L. spontanea (Guaje) · L. trichandra (Bac'il Sasib) · L. trichodes (Arabisco) · L. × spontanea (Wild Tamarind)
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Further Reading
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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Hughes CE, 1999-09 (from ILDIS).
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- Bioversity International: The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2864442
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-7351
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:138974-2
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 138974-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 429297
