Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Blackbead, Florida Keys Blackbead
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]
Genus Pithecellobium
Trees
or shrubs
with spinescent
stipules or axillary
spines. Leaves bipinnate, petiole
with a gland
above at the junction of pinnae, leaflets
1-3 pairs, rarely more. Inflorescence head
or spike often racemosely or paniculately arranged. Flowers generally sessile, bisexual
, 5 or rarely 4 or 6-merous. Sepals usually 5, rarely 4 or 6, connate
, campanulate
, teeth small valvate
. Petals 5, sometimes 4 or 6, connate, externally minutely hairy
to glabrous
. Stamens indefinite, monadelphous
, much exserted. Ovary usually puberulous
, sessile or shortly stipitate
, ovules nume¬rous, style thin, stigma capitate. Pod spirally twisted, circinate
or curved
or rarely straight, compressed
or convex
, dehiscing from below splitting
into 2 valves
. Seeds compressed, ovate
or rounded
, embedded
in a scanty pulp, often arillate
, non endospermic
.
A genus with about 100 species distributed in tropical
and subtropical
America.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. • Flower Color: near white, pale pink, pink, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 10-12' tall.
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -63 meters (-206 feet).[2]
Biome: Coastal.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 8-10' apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10b, 11. (map)
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
()
- Tribe:
Ingeae
()
- Genus:
Pithecellobium
()
- C.F.P. Martius, 1837, nom. cons.
- Blackbead
- Specific epithet:
keyense
- Coker
- Botanical name: - Pithecellobium keyense Coker
- Specific epithet:
keyense
- Coker
- Genus:
Pithecellobium
(
- Tribe:
Ingeae
(
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Mimosa guadalupensis Pers. • Pithecellobium bahamense keyense (Britton) Isely • Pithecellobium bahamense var. keyense (Britton)isely • Pithecellobium guadalupense Chapman • Zygia guadalupensis A. Heller
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Tree
, Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan:
Perennial
Last scrutiny: 1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pithecellobium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. carbonaria (Naked Albizia) · P. dulce (Cassie De Manille) · P. guatemalensis (Manila Tamarind) · P. keyense (Blackbead) · P. peckii (Waika Beans) · P. seleri (Miehiguiste) · P. unguis-cati (Black Bead)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 22.
- FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 179.
- Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 162.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 50, p. 70.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874720
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-14362
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13636281
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:514739-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26873
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PIGU2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 56469
Footnotes
- "Pithecellobium". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Standard Deviation = 370.610 based on 62 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
