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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Miehiguiste
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: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,953 meters (0 to 6,407 feet).[2]
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
()
- Tribe:
Ingeae
()
- Genus:
Pithecellobium
()
- C.F.P. Martius, 1837, nom. cons.
- Blackbead
- Specific epithet:
seleri
- Cultivar:
- Botanical name:
-
Pithecellobium seleri Harms
Harms
- Botanical name:
-
- Cultivar:
- Specific epithet:
seleri
- 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
Pithecellobium saxosum Standl. & Steyerm.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
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
- Nelson, C.H. 1997. Threatened trees of Honduras.
- Standley, P.C., Steyermark, J.A. and Williams, L.O. 1946. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany 24.
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 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 25, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
- Nelson, C. 1998. Pithecellobium saxosum. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
- 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 November 27, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7435966
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-9455
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13642584
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:200807-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1035432
Footnotes
- "Pithecellobium". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 423.820 meters (1,390.486 feet), Standard Deviation = 542.000 based on 22 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
