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Interesting Facts
Description
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology: A tree confined to wooded hillsides.[1].
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- 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:
Mimosoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Calliandra obovata (Benth.)barneby & J. W. Grimes • Calliandra obovata Benth.
Notes
Publishing author
: Barneby & J.W.Grimes Publication
: Mem. New
York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 91 1996 [25 Mar 1996]
Basionym
author: (Benth.)
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abarema
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. acreana (Zopilocuavo) · A. alexandri (Tamarind Shadbark) · A. auriculata (Pashaquilla) · A. cochleata var. cochleata (Inga De Lagarta) · A. commutata (Ercey-Euru-Yek)
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Further Reading
- Barneby, R.C. and Grimes, J.W. 1996. Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3317728
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-20406
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:989379-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1033227-1
- IUCN ID: 187968
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 420713
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Abarema obovata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]
