Abarema

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Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil and Venezuela.[1] 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.

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Abarema
Abarema cochliocarpos
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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
Pittier[1]
Species[1]

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Taxonomy

In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium.[2] Following the 1996 revision, about 45 species were accepted. This genus has been proven to be polyphyletic under its previous circumscription. As a result of the genetic evidence, the genera Jupunba and Punjuba were separated from Abarema, and most of those species are now placed in Jupunba and Punjuba.[3]

Species

Plants of the World Online currently accepts three species.[1]

  • Abarema cochliacarpos (Gomes) Barneby & J.W.Grimes  barbatimo: eastern Brazil
  • Abarema diamantina E.Guerra, Iganci & M.P.Morim – northeastern Brazil (central Bahia)
  • Abarema levelii (R.S.Cowan) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil

Status uncertain

Formerly placed here

  • Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm., Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., and Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.)[6]
  • Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora (Benth.) Kosterm.)[7]
  • Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii (F.Muell.) Kosterm.)[8]
  • Hydrochorea acreana (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (as Abarema acreana (J.F.Macbr.) L.Rico)
  • Jupunba abbottii (Rose & Leonard) Britton & Rose (as Abarema abbottii (Rose & Leonard) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Abbott abarema
  • Jupunba adenophora (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema adenophora (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose (as Abarema alexandri (Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba asplenifolia (Griseb.) Britton & Rose (Abarema asplenifolia (Griseb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) spleen-leaved abarema
  • Jupunba auriculata (Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema auriculata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes guarango maní
  • Jupunba barbouriana (Standl.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (synonym Abarema barbouriana (Standl.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Barbour abarema
  • Jupunba brachystachya (DC.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema brachystachya (DC.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes and Abarema obovata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) – obovate abarema
  • Jupunba campestris (Spruce ex Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema campestris (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba cochleata (Willd.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema cochleata (Willd.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
    • Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema cochleata var. moniliformis (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Barneby & J.W.Grimes and Abarema moniliformis Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba commutata (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema commutata Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba curvicarpa (H.S.Irwin) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema curvicarpa (H.S.Irwin) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba ferruginea (Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema ferruginea (Benth.) Pittier)
  • Jupunba filamentosa (Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (Abarema filamentosa (Benth.) Pittier)
  • Jupunba floribunda (Spruce ex Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema floribunda (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba gallorum (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema gallorum Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba ganymedea (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema ganymedea Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba glauca (Urb.) Britton & Rose (as Abarema glauca (Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)[9]
  • Jupunba laeta (Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema laeta (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba langsdorffii (Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema langsdorffii (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba leucophylla (Spruce ex Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema leucophylla (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba longipedunculata (H.S.Irwin) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (Abarema longipedunculata (H.S.Irwin) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba macradenia (Pittier) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema macradenia (Pittier) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Panama abarema
  • Jupunba mataybifolia (Sandwith) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema mataybifolia (Sandwith) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba microcalyx (Spruce ex Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema microcalyx (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba nipensis (Britton) Britton & Rose (as Abarema nipensis (Britton) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba obovalis (A.Rich.) Britton & Rose (as Abarema obovalis (A.Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba oppositifolia (Urb.) Britton & Rose (as Abarema oppositifolia (Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) opposite-leaved abarema
  • Jupunba oxyphyllidia (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema oxyphyllidia Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba piresii (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema piresii Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba trapezifolia (Vahl) Moldenke (as Abarema trapezifolia (Vahl) Pittier and Abarema jupunba var. trapezifolia (Vahl) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba turbinata (Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema turbinata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba villifera (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema villifera (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Jupunba zolleriana (Standl. & Steyerm.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema zolleriana (Standl. & Steyerm.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Punjuba callejasii (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema callejasii Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Punjuba centiflora (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema centiflora Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Punjuba josephi (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci as Abarema josephi Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Punjuba killipii Britton & Rose (as Abarema killipii (Britton & Rose) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Punjuba lehmannii Britton & Rose (as Abarema lehmannii (Britton & Rose) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)
  • Punjuba racemiflora (Donn.Sm.) Britton & Rose (as Abarema racemiflora (Donn.Sm.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)

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