''Abarema acreana'' is a
tree
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species
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in the legume
family
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(
). It is a rather mysterious plant and may be
endemic
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to
Brazil
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. Fruiting trees apparently have never been found, and thus it is not clear whether this plant belongs into the
genus
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''
Abarema
''Abarema'' is a neotropical genus of large trees in the family ( Fabaceae). They grow from Mexico ('' Abarema idiopoda'') to Bolivia. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernli ...
'', or in ''
Hydrochorea
''Hydrochorea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains a mere 3 species at present:ILDIS (2005)
* '' Hydrochorea corymbosa'' (Rich.) Barneby & J.W.G ...
'', or elsewhere.
[WCMC (1998), ILDIS (2005)]
Footnotes
References
* (2005)
''Abarema acreana'' Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.
*
acreana
Trees of Brazil
Flora of Brazil
Data deficient plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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