Jupunba alexandri
| Jupunba alexandri | |
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| Isotype K000297430, collected in Jamaica in 1849 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Jupunba |
| Species: | J. alexandri
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| Binomial name | |
| Jupunba alexandri | |
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Jupunba alexandri (synonym Abarema alexandri) is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae.[3] It is a tree endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.
Taxonomy
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]
Varieties
Two varieties are accepted.[2]
- Jupunba alexandri var. alexandri
- Jupunba alexandri var. troyana (Urb.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci
References
- ^ 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 e "Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)
- ^ Urban, I. (1900). "Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri". Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis (Symb. Antill.). 2: 258.
- ^ Urban, I. (1908). "Pithecellobium alexandri". Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis (Symb. Antill.). 5: 358.
- ^ "Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Jupunba alexandri)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ 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.