- Abarema
Taxobox
name = "Abarema"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
subclassis =Rosidae
unranked_ordo =Eurosids I
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Mimosoideae
tribus =Ingeae
genus = "Abarema"
genus_authority = Pittier
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = c.45, see text.
synonyms = "Punjuba""Abarema" is a
neotropic al genus of large trees from thelegume family (Fabaceae ). They grow fromMexico ("Abarema idiopoda ") toBolivia . Most of the species can be found in theAmazon Basin and theGuyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves. For lack of a better name, they are collectively caleld abaremas.pecies
Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45
species . In older works, the entire genus is usually included within "Pithecellobium ". [Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)]
* "Abarema abbottii " –Abbot Abarema
* "Abarema acreana " (provisionally placed here)
* "Abarema adenophorum "
* "Abarema agropecuaria "
* "Abarema alexandri " –Shadbark Abarema
** "Abarema alexandri" var. "alexandri" – Typical Shadbark Abarema; Tamarind Shadbark (Jamaica )
** "Abarema alexandri" var. "trogana" – Troy Shadbark Abarema; Shadbark (Jamaica)
* "Abarema aspleniifolia " –Spleen-leaved Abarema
* "Abarema auriculata "
* "Abarema barbouriana " –Barbour Abarema
** "Abarema barbouriana" var. "barbouriana"
* "Abarema brachystachya "
* "Abarema callejasii "
* "Abarema campestris "
* "Abarema centiflora "
* "Abarema cochleata "
* "Abarema cochliocarpos " –Barbatimo
* "Abarema commutata "
* "Abarema curvicarpa "
* "Abarema ferruginea "
* "Abarema filamentosa "
* "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 )
** "Abarema jupunba" var. "jupunba"
** "Abarema jupunba" var. "trapezifolia"
* "Abarema killipii "
* "Abarema langsdorfii "
* "Abarema lehmannii "
* "Abarema leucophylla "
* "Abarema levelii "
* "Abarema longipedunculata "
* "Abarema macradenia " –Panama Abarema
* "Abarema microcalyx "
* "Abarema mataybifolia "
* "Abarema nipensis "
* "Abarema obovalis "
* "Abarema obovata " –Obovate Abarema
* "Abarema oppositifolia " –Opposite-leaved Abarema
* "Abarema oxyphyllidia "
* "Abarema piresii "
* "Abarema racemiflora "
* "Abarema ricoae "
* "Abarema turbinata "
* "Abarema villifera "
* "Abarema zollerana "Formerly placed here
* "
Archidendron bigeminum " (as "Abarema abeywickramae, A. bigemina, A. monadelpha")
* "Archidendron grandiflorum " (as "Abarema grandiflora")
* "Archidendron hendersonii " (as "Abarema hendersonii")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. ISBN 0-89327-395-3
* (2005): [http://www.ildis.org/ Genus "Abarema"] . Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.
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