Abarema
Encyclopedia
Abarema is a neotropic
al genus of large trees in the legume 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 fernlike foliage
, with bipinnately compound leaves. For lack of a better name, they are collectively called abaremas.
. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium
.
Neotropic
In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical zone is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones. This ecozone includes South and Central America, the Mexican lowlands, the Caribbean islands, and southern Florida, because these regions share a large number of plant and animal groups.It is sometimes used...
al genus of large trees in the legume family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
). They grow from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(Abarema idiopoda
Abarema idiopoda
Abarema idiopoda is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
) to Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
and the Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
, with bipinnately compound leaves. For lack of a better name, they are collectively called abaremas.
Species
Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45 speciesSpecies
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium
Pithecellobium
Pithecellobium is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words πιθηκος , meaning "ape" or "monkey," and ελλοβιον , meaning "earring," which refers to the coiled shape of the seedpods.Delimitation to the closely related Albizia is a matter...
.
- Abarema abbottiiAbarema abbottiiAbarema abbottii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in the Dominican Republic, and is confined to broad-leaved woodlands on limestone soils....
– Abbot Abarema - Abarema acreanaAbarema acreanaAbarema acreana is a tree species in the legume family . It is a rather mysterious plant and may be endemic to Brazil. Fruiting trees apparently have never been found, and thus it is not clear whether this plant belongs into the genus Abarema, or in Hydrochorea, or elsewhere.-References: : ....
(provisionally placed here) - Abarema adenophorumAbarema adenophorumAbarema adenophora is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema agropecuariaAbarema agropecuariaAbarema agropecuaria is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema alexandriAbarema alexandriAbarema alexandri is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
– Shadbark Abarema- Abarema alexandri var. alexandri – Typical Shadbark Abarema; Tamarind Shadbark (JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
) - Abarema alexandri var. trogana – Troy Shadbark Abarema; Shadbark (Jamaica)
- Abarema alexandri var. alexandri – Typical Shadbark Abarema; Tamarind Shadbark (Jamaica
- Abarema aspleniifoliaAbarema aspleniifoliaAbarema aspleniifolia is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
– Spleen-leaved Abarema - Abarema auriculataAbarema auriculataAbarema auriculata is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
(Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – guarango maní - Abarema barbourianaAbarema barbourianaAbarema barbouriana is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
– Barbour Abarema- Abarema barbouriana var. barbouriana
- Abarema brachystachya
- Abarema callejasiiAbarema callejasiiAbarema callejasii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Antioquia, Colombia....
- Abarema campestrisAbarema campestrisAbarema campestris is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema centifloraAbarema centifloraAbarema centiflora is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in the Bolivian Andes....
- Abarema cochleataAbarema cochleataAbarema cochleata is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema cochleata var. moniliformisAbarema cochleata var. moniliformisAbarema cochleata var. moniliformis is a vulnerable variety of legume, found only in the forests of Manaus, Brazil....
- Abarema cochleata var. moniliformis
- Abarema cochliocarposAbarema cochliocarposAbarema cochliocarpos is a tree species in the legume family . It is found only in Brazil, native to Bahia, Espírito Santo and Paraíba states.Junior synonyms are:...
– Barbatimo - Abarema commutataAbarema commutataAbarema commutata is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Guyana and Venezuela.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 18 July 2007....
- Abarema curvicarpaAbarema curvicarpaAbarema curvicarpa is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesiiAbarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesiiAbarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesii is a vulnerable variety of legume, known only from the Reserva Ducke near Manaus in Brazil....
- Abarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesii
- Abarema ferrugineaAbarema ferrugineaAbarema ferruginea is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema filamentosaAbarema filamentosaAbarema filamentosa is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Espírito Santo....
- Abarema floribundaAbarema floribundaAbarema floribunda is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema gallorumAbarema gallorumAbarema gallorum is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema ganymedeaAbarema ganymedeaAbarema ganymedea is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is known from only two locations: North Antioquia in Colombia, and Esmeraldas in Ecuador....
- Abarema glaucaAbarema glaucaAbarema glauca is a tree species in the legume family . It is found in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela...
– Glaucous Abarema - Abarema idiopodaAbarema idiopodaAbarema idiopoda is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
(S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes - Abarema josephiAbarema josephiAbarema josephi is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is known only from the type locality in Caquetá, Colombia....
- Abarema jupunbaAbarema jupunbaAbarema jupunba is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
– Delmare Abarema, Crabwood, Dalmare, Delmare, Jumbie Head, Soapy-soapy; Wild Tamarin (GrenadaGrenadaGrenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
)- Abarema jupunba var. jupunba
- Abarema jupunba var. trapezifolia
- Abarema killipiiAbarema killipiiAbarema killipii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
- Abarema langsdorfiiAbarema langsdorfiiAbarema langsdorfii is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema lehmanniiAbarema lehmanniiAbarema lehmannii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Antioquia, Colombia....
- Abarema leucophyllaAbarema leucophyllaAbarema leucophylla is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema leucophylla var. vaupesensisAbarema leucophylla var. vaupesensisAbarema leucophylla var. vaupesensis is a vulnerable variety of legume. It is restricted to an area along the Vaupés River and Apaporís River in Vaupés Department, Colombia....
- Abarema leucophylla var. vaupesensis
- Abarema leveliiAbarema leveliiAbarema levelii is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema longipedunculataAbarema longipedunculataAbarema longipedunculata is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Venezuela.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 18 July 2007....
- Abarema macradeniaAbarema macradeniaAbarema macradenia is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
– Panama Abarema - Abarema microcalyxAbarema microcalyxAbarema microcalyx is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema mataybifoliaAbarema mataybifoliaAbarema mataybifolia is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
- Abarema nipensisAbarema nipensisAbarema nipensis is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema obovalisAbarema obovalisAbarema obovalis is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema obovataAbarema obovataAbarema obovata is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Minas Gerais, Brazil....
– Obovate Abarema - Abarema oppositifoliaAbarema oppositifoliaAbarema oppositifolia is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292....
– Opposite-leaved Abarema - Abarema oxyphyllidiaAbarema oxyphyllidiaAbarema oxyphyllidia is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in the Cordillera Guajiquiro in southwest Honduras....
- Abarema piresiiAbarema piresiiAbarema piresii is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema racemifloraAbarema racemifloraAbarema racemiflora is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is only known from near Turrialba and Ciudad Quesada in Costa Rica....
- Abarema ricoaeAbarema ricoaeAbarema ricoae is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
- Abarema turbinataAbarema turbinataAbarema turbinata is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only along the coast in Bahia, Brazil....
- Abarema villiferaAbarema villiferaAbarema villifera is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Brazil and Venezuela, native to Amazonia.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 18 July 2007....
- Abarema zolleranaAbarema zolleranaAbarema zollerana is a species of legume of the genus Abarema in the Fabaceae family.-References: : 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: 1-292. ISBN...
Formerly placed here
- Archidendron bigeminumArchidendron bigeminumArchidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family . It is found in India and Sri Lanka.The World Conservation Monitoring Centre in the 1998 IUCN Redlist reviewed Abarema bigemina and Pithecellobium gracile as Vulnerable species. These are nowadays both considered junior synonyms of...
(as Abarema abeywickramae, A. bigemina, A. monadelpha) - Archidendron grandiflorumArchidendron grandiflorumArchidendron grandiflorum, Pink Laceflower, is a species of tree found in northern Australia and New Guinea. This tree reaches a height of 15 meters and bears showy pink and cream colored flowers...
(as Abarema grandiflora) - Archidendron hendersoniiArchidendron hendersoniiArchidendron hendersonii, the White Lace Flower or Tulip Siris is a rainforest tree in eastern Australia. A rare plant, listed as vulnerable. The plant is named after J.A...
(as Abarema hendersonii)