''Abarema'' is a
neotropic
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
al genus of large trees in the
family
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(
Fabaceae). They grow from
Mexico
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(''
Abarema idiopoda'') to
Bolivia. Most of the species can be found in the
Amazon Basin and the
Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike
foliage
A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, s ...
, with bipinnately compound leaves.
Species
Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within ''
Pithecellobium
''Pithecellobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words πίθηκος (''pithêkos''), meaning "ape" or "monkey," and ἐλλόβιον (''ellobion''), meaning "earring," which ...
''.
[Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)]
* ''
Abarema abbottii'' –
Abbott abarema
* ''
Abarema acreana'' (provisionally placed here)
* ''
Abarema adenophora''
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Abarema agropecuaria''
* ''
Abarema alexandri'' –
Shadbark abarema
** ''Abarema alexandri'' var. ''alexandri'' – Typical shadbark abarema; tamarind shadbark (
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
)
** ''Abarema alexandri'' var. ''trogana'' – Troy shadbark abarema; shadbark (Jamaica)
* ''
Abarema aspleniifolia'' –
Spleen-leaved abarema
* ''
Abarema auriculata''
(Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – ''
guarango maní''
* ''
Abarema barbouriana'' –
Barbour abarema
** ''Abarema barbouriana'' var. ''barbouriana''
* ''
Abarema brachystachya''
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Abarema callejasii''
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Abarema campestris''
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Abarema centiflora''
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Abarema cochleata''
**
''Abarema cochleata'' var. ''moniliformis''
* ''
Abarema cochliocarpos'' –
Barbatimo
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Abarema commutata''
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Abarema curvicarpa''
**
''Abarema curvicarpa'' var. ''rodriguesii''
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Abarema ferruginea''
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Abarema filamentosa''
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Abarema floribunda''
* ''
Abarema gallorum''
* ''
Abarema ganymedea''
* ''
Abarema glauca'' –
Glaucous abarema
* ''
Abarema idiopoda''
(S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
* ''
Abarema josephi''
* ''
Abarema jupunba'' –
Delmare abarema, crabwood, dalmare, delmare, jumbie head, soapy-soapy; wild tamarin (
Grenada,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea w ...
)
** ''Abarema jupunba'' var. ''jupunba''
** ''Abarema jupunba'' var. ''trapezifolia''
* ''
Abarema killipii''
* ''
Abarema laeta''
* ''
Abarema langsdorfii''
* ''
Abarema lehmannii''
* ''
Abarema leucophylla''
**
''Abarema leucophylla'' var. ''vaupesensis''
* ''
Abarema levelii''
* ''
Abarema longipedunculata''
* ''
Abarema macradenia'' –
Panama abarema
* ''
Abarema microcalyx''
* ''
Abarema mataybifolia''
* ''
Abarema nipensis''
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Abarema obovalis''
* ''
Abarema obovata'' –
Obovate abarema
* ''
Abarema oppositifolia'' –
Opposite-leaved abarema
* ''
Abarema oxyphyllidia''
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Abarema piresii''
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Abarema racemiflora''
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Abarema ricoae''
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Abarema turbinata''
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Abarema villifera''
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Abarema zolleriana''
Formerly placed here
* ''
Archidendron bigeminum'' (as ''Abarema abeywickramae, A. bigemina, A. monadelpha'')
* ''
Archidendron grandiflorum
''Archidendron grandiflorum'', the pink laceflower, is a species of tree found in northern Australia and New Guinea. This tree reaches a height of 15 meters and bears showy pink and cream colored flowers. The mature tree has a rounded habit and i ...
'' (as ''Abarema grandiflora'')
* ''
Archidendron hendersonii'' (as ''Abarema hendersonii'')
Footnotes
References
* (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.
* (2005)
Genus ''Abarema'' Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.
Neotropical realm flora
Fabaceae genera
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