Interesting Facts
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Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]
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
()
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Tribe:
Swartzieae
()
- Genus:
Swartzia
()
- Schreber, 1791, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
simplex
- (Sw.)Spreng.
- Botanical name: - Swartzia simplex (Sw.)Spreng.
- Specific epithet:
simplex
- (Sw.)Spreng.
- Genus:
Swartzia
(
- Tribe:
Swartzieae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Possira simplex Sw. • Rittera grandiflora Vahl • Rittera simplex (Sw.)vahl • Swartzia calophylla Poepp. • Swartzia grandiflora (Vahl)willd. • Swartzia simplex var. genuina Urb. • Swartzia simplex var. jamaicensis Urb. • Swartzia simplicifolia Willd. • Tounatea calophylla (Poepp.)taub. • Tounatea jamaicensis (Urb.)britton & Rose • Tounatea simplex (Sw.)taub. • Tunatea simplex (Sw.)kuntze
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Swartzia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. cubensis var. cubensis (Costilla De Danto) · S. grandifolia (Montouchi) · S. laevicarpa (Saboarana) · S. laxiflora (Pau Roxo) · S. leiocalycina (Brown Ebony) · S. oblata (Jacarand) · S. phaneroptera (Costilla De Danto) · S. ulei (Girinum)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Allan Hancock Atlantic expedition / University of Southern California. Los Angeles, Calif.: The University, 1945-[1964] url p. 27, p. 45.
- Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 313.
- Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 345.
- Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1937 Chicago, 1937. url p. 522.
- Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, by William Fawcett and Alfred Barton Rendle. London.Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1910- url p. 88, p. 88.
- Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1943 Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1943] url p. 224.
- Flora of the Aguan valley and the coastal regions near La Ceiba, Honduras, by T. G. Yuncker. 9 1940 [Chicago]1940. url p. 298.
- Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras, by Paul C. Standley. 10 1931 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. url p. 221.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 340.
- Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] url p. 157.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 12 2002 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 115, p. 412.
- Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 164.
- The Ecology of arboreal folivores: a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 / Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. url p. 539.
- The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. 12 1936 Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. url p. 178.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. 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).
- Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- Podlech D, 1996 (from ILDIS).
- Polhill RM, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- Rhytismatales database 2006.
- 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.
- Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
- Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
- Stirton CH, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- The Virtual Field Herbarium.
- Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- Vaz AMSF, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adenanthera intermedia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- van der Maesen LJG, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2839633
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15732
- GRIN Nomen Number: 35940
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 403838
Footnotes
- Mean = 416.950 meters (1,367.946 feet), Standard Deviation = 762.780 based on 930 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
