Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cebil Blanco, Horco Cebil, Horco-Cebil
Description
Family Mimosaceae
The Mimosaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 40 genera and 2,000 species. The leaves are nearly always alternate, stipulate , and bipinnately compound (rarely once-pinnate) They usually have swollen petiole bases called pulvini that commonly function in orientation of the leaves (remember the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The inflorescence is commonly a capitulum (also called a head ). The flowers are hypogynous to slightly perigynous, have radial symmetry, petals that are valvate in bud, and commonly a 5-parted calyx and corolla. The stamens are distinct to strongly monadelphous , numerous (rarely as few as 10), and are generally more showy than the perianth. The pistil is simple , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with 2-many marginal ovules in a solitary locule. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: over 40' tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space over 40' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Mimosaceae
()
- Genus:
Parapiptadenia
()
- Specific epithet:
excelsa
- (Griseb.)Burkart
- Botanical name: - Parapiptadenia excelsa
- Specific epithet:
excelsa
- (Griseb.)Burkart
- Genus:
Parapiptadenia
(
- Family:
Mimosaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Piptadenia communis Benth. Var. excelsa Griseb.
- Piptadenia communis var. excelsa Griseb.
- Piptadenia excelsa (Griseb.) Lillo
- Piptadenia excelsa (Griseb.)lillo
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Lewis G.P., 1994-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Parapiptadenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. blanchetii · P. excelsa (Cebil Blanco) · P. ilheusana (Sucupiru‡u) · P. pterosperma (Canafˇstula-Preta) · P. rigida (Angico-Do-Banhado) · P. zehntneri (Guanambira Da Mata)
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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.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- Lewis GP, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- The New York Botanical Garden: Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2866436
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-9622
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:512112-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 183013-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 431351
