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Taxonomy

Physical 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]

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Members of the genus Swartzia:

There are approximately 305 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. acreana · S. acuminata var. platygyne · S. acutifolia · S. acutifolia var. acutifolia · S. acutifolia var. leiogyna · S. acutifolia var. parvipetala · S. acutifolia var. spathulata · S. acutifolia var. submarginata · S. acutifolia var. ynesiana · S. alato-sericea · S. alatosericea · S. alternifoliolata · S. amazonica · S. amazonica var. amazonica · S. amazonica var. cinerea · S. amplifolia · S. amplifolia var. amplifolia · S. amplifolia var. colombiana · S. amplifolia var. rigida · S. amshoffiana · S. angustifoliola · S. anomala · S. apetala · S. apetala var. apetala · S. apetala var. blanchetii · S. apetala var. glabra · S. apetala var. subcordata · S. apiculata · S. aptera · S. arborescens · S. argentea · S. argentea var. argentea · S. argentea var. flavescens · S. aureosericea · S. auriculata · S. aymardii · S. bahiensis · S. bannia · S. barnebyana · S. benthamiana · S. benthamiana var. benthamiana · S. benthamiana var. yatuensis · S. bombycina · S. brachyrachis · S. brachyrachis var. brachyrachis · S. brachyrachis var. colombiana · S. brachyrachis var. glabrata · S. brachyrachis var. peruviana · S. brachyrachis var. snethlageae · S. brachyrhachis · S. brachyrhachis var. colombiana · S. brachyrhachis var. glabrata · S. brachyrhachis var. peruviana · S. brachyrhachis var. snethlageae · S. branchystachya · S. buntingii · S. burchellii · S. cabrerae · S. callistemon · S. calva · S. capillacea · S. capixabensis · S. capparioides · S. cardiosperma · S. caribaea · S. caudata · S. colombiana · S. conferta · S. conferta var. conferta · S. conferta var. vaupesiana · S. coriaceifolia · S. corrugata · S. costata · S. cowanii · S. cubensis · S. cubensis var. cubensis · S. cubensis var. nicaraguensis · S. cupavenensis · S. curranii · S. cuspidata · S. daricuensis · S. davisii · S. dipetala · S. discocarpa · S. dolichopoda · S. duckei · S. emarginata · S. eriocarpa · S. euxylophora · S. fanshawei · S. fasciata · S. fimbriata · S. flaemingii · S. flaemingii var. arumateuana · S. flaemingii var. cognata · S. flaemingii var. flaemingii · S. flaemingii var. polita · S. flaemingii var. psilonema · S. flamingi · S. flemmingi

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Notes

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15571408
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:958846-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3523974