Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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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: Shrub • Climbing: Climbing
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Tribe:
Mimoseae
()
- Genus:
Piptadenia
()
- Bentham, 1840
- Specific epithet:
imatacae
- Barneby
- Botanical name: - Piptadenia imatacae Barneby
- Specific epithet:
imatacae
- Barneby
- Genus:
Piptadenia
(
- Tribe:
Mimoseae
(
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: 1994-1995
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Piptadenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. flava (Parate-Hay) · P. moniliformis (Angico De Bezerro) · P. santosii (Calumbi)
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2840310
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15931
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13635588
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930480-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404034
