Abarema

Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil, Cuba, and Venezuela.[1]Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves.

Abarema
Abarema cochliocarpos
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Abarema
Pittier[1]
Species

Abarema has 4 Accepted Species[1]

Synonyms[1]

This genus does not have synonyms

Taxonomy

This genus has been proven to be polyphyletic under its previous circumscription. As a result of the genetic evidence, the genera Jupunba and Punjuba were separated from Abarema.[2]

Species

Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45 species. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium.[3]

Formerly placed here

  • Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm., Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.)[4]
  • Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora (Benth.) Kosterm.)[5]
  • Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii (F.Muell.) Kosterm.)[6]
  • Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)[7]

Footnotes

References

Media related to Abarema at Wikimedia Commons

  • Barneby, R.C. & Grimes, J.W. (1996): Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring: A generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and Allies. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 74(1): 1–292. ISBN 0-89327-395-3
  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Abarema. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.


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