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Description
Family Malpighiaceae
The Malpighiaceae are trees and lianous shrubs comprising about 60 genera and 1,200 species that are further characterized by the presence of often reddish, medifixed or variously branched hairs . The leaves are simple , usually opposite, and frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade ; stipules are usually present. The flowers are mostly bisexual and are actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls with 5 distinct segments in each. One or more of the sepals usually have one or more conspicuous glands. The petals are usually clawed and the limb is typically fringed or toothed . The androecium consists of usually 10 distinct or basally connate stamens in two whorls but some or half of them are commonly reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of almost always 3 carpels, 3 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 3 locules, each containing a single pendulous, axile ovule. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology: A lowland rainforest species.[1].
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
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Polygalales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- malpigias
- Subfamily:
Malpighioideae
()
- Genus:
Bunchosia
()
- L.C. Richard ex Humboldt et al., 1822
- Specific epithet:
diphylla
- (Jacq.) Cuatr. & Croat
- Subspecies:
brevisurcularis
- Botanical name: - Bunchosia diphylla brevisurcularis (Jacq.) Cuatr. & Croat
- Subspecies:
brevisurcularis
- Specific epithet:
diphylla
- (Jacq.) Cuatr. & Croat
- Genus:
Bunchosia
(
- Subfamily:
Malpighioideae
(
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
(
- Order:
Polygalales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Bunchosia Brevisurcularis • Bunchosia brevisurcularis Dobson
Notes
Basionym
: Malpighiaceae Bunchosia brevisurcularis Dobson
Basionym author: (Dobson)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bunchosia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. argentea (Peanut Butter Tree) · B. glandulifera (Cafe Falso) · B. glandulosa (Cafe Forastero) · B. polystachia (Woodland Coffee)
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Further Reading
- D’Arcy, W.G. 1987. Flora of Panama: checklist and index. Monographs in Systematic Botany 17: 1-1000.
- DArcy, W.G. 1987. Flora of Panama: checklist and index. Monographs in Systematic Botany 17: 1-1000.
- Mitre, M.E. 1997. Completed data collection forms for trees of Panama.
- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
- The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Mitré, M. 1998. Bunchosia diphylla ssp. brevisurcularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8515400
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15935567
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:919724-1
- IUCN ID: 8753
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3535103
Footnotes
- Mitré, M. 1998. Bunchosia diphylla ssp. brevisurcularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
