Pithecellobium
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Mimosoideae |
| Tribe: | Ingeae |
| Genus: | Pithecellobium Mart. |
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Pithecellobium is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words πιθηκος (pithekos), meaning "ape" or "monkey," and ελλοβιον (ellobion), meaning "earring," which refers to the coiled shape of the seedpods.[2]
Delimitation to the closely related Albizia is a matter of dispute, and species were (and still are) being moved from one genus to the other times and again. In addition, most species of Abarema were at one time or another placed in Pithecellobium.
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[edit] Current species
While most species once placed herein are in fact now in Albizia or other Ingeae genera, the following are retained in Pithecellobium:[3]
- Pithecellobium albicaule Britton & Rose
- Pithecellobium bahamense Northr.
- Pithecellobium bertolonii Benth.
- Pithecellobium bifoliolatum
- Pithecellobium bipinnatum L.Rico
- Pithecellobium brownii Standl.
- Pithecellobium circinale (L.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium concinnum Pittier
- Pithecellobium cynodonticum Barneby & J.W.Grimes
- Pithecellobium discolor Britton
- Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. – Guamúchil (Mexico, Central America, northern South America)
- Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Mart.
- Pithecellobium filipes (Vent.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium furcatum Benth.
- Pithecellobium histrix (A.Rich.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium hymenaeafolium (Willd.) Benth
- Pithecellobium insigne Micheli
- Pithecellobium johansenii Standl. (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
- Pithecellobium keyense Coker
- Pithecellobium lanceolatum (Willd.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium oblongum Benth.
- Pithecellobium pachypus Pittier
- Pithecellobium peckii S.F.Blake
- Pithecellobium platycarpum Merr.
- Pithecellobium seleri Harms (Guatemala, Honduras)
- Pithecellobium tenue Craib
- Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium vietnamense I.C.Nielsen
[edit] Status pending review
The following species are tentatively placed here; there is doubt whether they really belong in ths genus, or even whether they are valid taxa:[3]
- Pithecellobium benthamianum Miq.
- Pithecellobium bijugatum Schery
- Pithecellobium caesalpinioides Standl.
- Pithecellobium campechense Lundell
- Pithecellobium candidum (Kunth) Benth.
- Pithecellobium cordifolium Morong & Britton
- Pithecellobium decandrum Ducke (Brazil)
- Pithecellobium diversifolium Benth.
- Pithecellobium domingense Alain
- Pithecellobium elegans Ducke
- Pithecellobium flavovirens Britton
- Pithecellobium glaucescens Pittier
- Pithecellobium guaraniticum Chodat & Hassl.
- Pithecellobium guaricense Pittier
- Pithecellobium guatemalense (Record) Standl.
- Pithecellobium gummiferum Mart.
- Pithecellobium halogenes Standl.
- Pithecellobium laetum (Poepp.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium larensis Cardenas
- Pithecellobium leucosericeum A.R.Molina
- Pithecellobium longipendulum Forero & A.H.Gentry
- Pithecellobium macrandrium Donn.Sm.
- Pithecellobium maestrense Urb.
- Pithecellobium mataybifolium Sandwith
- Pithecellobium micradenium Benth.
- Pithecellobium microchlamys Pittier
- Pithecellobium mucronatum Coker
- Pithecellobium nicoyanum (Britton & Rose) Niezgoda & Nevling
- Pithecellobium pistaciifolium Standl.
- Pithecellobium salutare Benth.
- Pithecellobium spinulosum Pittier
- Pithecellobium steyermarkii Schery
- Pithecellobium striolatum Urb.
- Pithecellobium velutinum Britton & Rose
[edit] Formerly placed here
- See also List of Albizia species and Abarema.
Some species formerly in Pithecellobium are:[3]
- Archidendron bigeminum (as Pithecellobium bigeminum, P. gracile, P. nicobaricum)
- Chloroleucon foliolosum (as Pithecellobium foliolosum, P. grisebachianum, P. myriophyllum Malme, P. oligandrum)
- Pseudosamanea cubana (as Pithecellobium bacona)
- Zygia cognata (as Pithecellobium cognatum, P. stevensonii)
- Zygia pithecolobioides (Granadillo de Rio; as Pithecellobium pithecolobioides, P. reductum)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Pithecellobium Mart.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9455. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 517. ISBN 9780849323324. http://books.google.com/books?id=eS7lX_rC3GEC&.
- ^ a b c ILDIS (2005)
[edit] References
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- International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Albizia. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
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