Zapoteca amazonica

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Calliandra amazonica Benth. • Inga bauhiniifolia Poepp. • Zapoteca H. Hern ández • Zapoteca H. M. Hern ández • Zapoteca H. M. Hern. Subgen. Aculeata • Zapoteca H. M. Hern. Subgen. Nervosa

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Zapoteca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

Z. alinae (Barba De Chivo) · Z. formosa (Schott False Mesquite) · Z. formosa subsp. rosei (Huaje De Caballo) · Z. lambertiana (Barba De Chivo) · Z. media (Cabellito De Angel) · Z. nervosa (Pti-Gaiac) · Z. portoricensis (Plants) · Z. portoricensis portoricensis (White Stickpea) · Z. tetragona (Angel)

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Further Reading

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
• 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
• 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 January 28, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2840364
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15984
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404089

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