Abarema alexandri
| Abarema alexandri | |
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| Isotype K000297430, collected in Jamaica in 1849 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Abarema |
| Species: | A. alexandri
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| Binomial name | |
| Abarema alexandri (Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes,
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| Varieties | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pithecellobium alexandri (Urb.) Urb. | |
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
[edit]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] is Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)
- ^ Symb. Antill. 2: 258 (1900)
- ^ Symb. Antill. 5: 358 (1908)
- 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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