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
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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:
Senegalia
()
- Specific epithet:
confusa
- Britton & Rose
- Botanical name: - Senegalia confusa Britton & Rose
- Specific epithet:
confusa
- Britton & Rose
- Genus:
Senegalia
(
- Family:
Mimosaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Senegalia confusa Britton & Rose, 1928
Similar Species
Members of the genus Senegalia
There are approximately 56 species in this genus:
S. acapulcensis · S. affinis · S. angustifolia · S. angustissima · S. anisophylla · S. compacta · S. confusa · S. cordobana · S. coulteri · S. crassifolia · S. cundinamarca · S. durangensis · S. eliasiana · S. ferruginea · S. filicina · S. gaumeri · S. guadalupensis · S. iguana · S. imterior · S. lobana · S. lozanii · S. mammifera · S. membranacea · S. millifolia · S. occidentalis · S. painteri · S. paniculata · S. peninsularis · S. podadenia · S. popayana · S. potosina · S. purpusii · S. rekoana · S. reniformis · S. retusa · S. riparioidea · S. riparoides · S. rufescens · S. rugata · S. russelliana · S. salazari · S. saltilloensis · S. senegal · S. sericea · S. somria · S. sororia · S. striata · S. subangulata · S. submontana · S. subsessilis · S. tenuifolia var. producta · S. tomentella · S. triacantha · S. tucumanensis · S. turbacensis · S. vogeliana
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Notes
Contributors
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3451360
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15570665
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518243-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1087771
