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Abarema alexandri

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Abarema alexandri
Isotype K000297430, collected in Jamaica in 1849
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Abarema
Species:
A. alexandri
Binomial name
Abarema alexandri
Varieties
Synonyms[2]

Pithecellobium alexandri (Urb.) Urb.
Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri Urb.
Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose

Abarema alexandri is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae.[3] It is endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.

Taxonomy

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It was first described in 1900 as Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri by Ignatz Urban,[2][4] who redescribed it in 1908 as Pithecellobium alexandri.[2][5] The name accepted for this species by most authorities[2][6][7][8] is Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose, a name given in 1928 by the American botanists, Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.[9]

References

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  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Abarema alexandri var. alexandri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T36561A10002151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36561A10002151.en. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  3. ^ Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)
  4. ^ Urban, I. (1900). "Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri". Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis (Symb. Antill.). 2: 258.
  5. ^ Urban, I. (1908). "Pithecellobium alexandri". Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis (Symb. Antill.). 5: 358.
  6. ^ "Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  7. ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Jupunba alexandri)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  8. ^ "Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  9. ^ N.L.Britton & al. (1928). "Jupunba alexandri". North American Flora (N. Amer. Fl.). 23: 24.
  • 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.