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Description
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Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 81 meters (0 to 266 feet).[1]
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:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
()
- Genus:
Recordoxylon
()
- Ducke, 1934
- Specific epithet:
speciosum
- (Benoist) Barneby
- Botanical name: - Recordoxylon speciosum (Benoist) Barneby
- Specific epithet:
speciosum
- (Benoist) Barneby
- Genus:
Recordoxylon
(
- Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
(
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Recordoxylon
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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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Herbier de la Guyane
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3451100
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1049504-2
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1049504-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1060072
Footnotes
- Mean = 63.830 meters (209.416 feet), Standard Deviation = 42.050 based on 6 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
