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Pachecoa sabinica

(No common name)

Taxonomy

  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
    • Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
      • Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
        • Phylum: Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966 - Flowering Plants
          • Subphylum: Spermatophytina (auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
            • Infraphylum: Angiospermae auct.
              • 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
                        • Genus: Pachecoa
                          • Specific epithet: sabinica Harris 1919
                            • Botanical name: Pachecoa sabinica

Physical 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]

Distribution

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pachecoa:

There are approximately 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: P. concentrica · P. decisa · P. declivis · P. ellipsis · P. prismatica · P. pulchra · P. pulcra · P. sabinica

Members of the genus Diospyros:

There are approximately 1,412 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: D. abyssinica attenuata · D. abyssinica chapmaniorum · D. abyssinica reticulata · D. austroafricana microphylla · D. austroafricana rubriflora · D. austroafricana rugosa · D. crassinervis urbaniana · D. guianensis akaraiensis · D. guianensis coriacea · D. guianensis karaiensis · D. loureiriana rufescens · D. pseudomespilus brevicalyx · D. pseudomespilus undabunda · D. virginiana mosieri · D. abyssinica · D. acalpucensis · D. acapulcensis · D. acocksii · D. acreana · D. acris · D. aculeata · D. acuminata · D. acunae · D. acuta · D. addita · D. adenophora · D. adenophra · D. aequoris · D. affinis · D. afro-africana · D. aggregata · D. ahernii · D. akaraiensis · D. alata · D. albens · D. albidum · D. albiflora · D. albo-flavescens · D. alboflavescens · D. alisu · D. alvarezii · D. amabi · D. amanap · D. amaniensis · D. amara · D. amazonica · D. ambigua · D. amboinensis · D. amisandra · D. amoena · D. amplexicaulis · D. ampullacea · D. analamerensis · D. anceps · D. andamanica · D. andersonae · D. andersonii · D. angulata (Bois D'ÉbÈne Feuilles) · D. angustifolia · D. anisandra · D. anisocalyx · D. anitae · D. ankifiensis · D. anonaefolia · D. anosivolensis · D. anzoateguiensis · D. apeibacarpos · D. apiculata · D. araripensis · D. areolata · D. argentea · D. argyi · D. armata · D. armata var. pilosa · D. armata var. sinensis · D. arnottiana · D. artanthaefolia · D. artanthifolia · D. arupaj · D. assimilis · D. asterocalyx · D. atra · D. atrata · D. atropurpurea · D. atropurpureus · D. atrotricha · D. attenuata · D. augustifolia · D. aurantium · D. aurea · D. auriculata · D. australis · D. austro-africana · D. austro-africana de · D. austroafricana · D. austrocaledonica · D. bakhuisii · D. balansae · D. balfouriana · D. baloen-ldjoek

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Notes

Contributors:

  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:

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Last Revised: March 16, 2008