neotropic
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
al genus in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil and Venezuela. Most of the species can be found in the
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...
and the
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike
foliage
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, f ...
, with bipinnately compound leaves.
Taxonomy
In older works, the entire genus is usually included within '' Pithecellobium''. Following the 1996 revision, about 45
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
were accepted. This genus has been proven to be
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
under its previous circumscription. As a result of the genetic evidence, the genera ''
Jupunba
''Jupunba'' is a genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to the Caribbean, Central America, and tropical South America.
Species
''Jupunba'' has 38 accepted species:
*'' Jupunba abbottii'' ...
'' and ''
Punjuba
''Punjuba'' is a genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Costa Rica as well as to western South America.
Species
''Punjuba '' has 7 accepted species:
*'' Punjuba callejasii''
*'' Punjuba centiflora''
*'' Punjuba foreroana''
*'' Punjuba ...
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
'' currently accepts three species.
*''
Abarema cochliacarpos
''Abarema cochliocarpos'' is a species of tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its common name is barbatimão.Santos, S. C., et al. (2007)In vitro antimicrobial activity of the extract of ''Abarema cochliocarpos'' (Gomes) Barneby & Grimes.''Revis ...
'' – barbatimo: eastern Brazil
*''
Abarema diamantina
''Abarema'' is a neotropical genus in the family (biology), family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil and Venezuela. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike Leaf, foliage, with ...
'' – northeastern Brazil (central Bahia)
*''
Abarema levelii
''Abarema levelii'' is a species of plant of the genus ''Abarema'' in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisti ...
'' – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil
Status uncertain
* ''
Abarema agropecuaria
''Abarema agropecuaria'' is a species of plant of the genus ''Abarema'' in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,
'' (
World Flora Online
World Flora Online is an Internet-based compendium of the world's plant species.
Description
The World Flora Online (WFO) is an open-access database, launched in October 2012 as a follow-up project to The Plant List, with the aim of publishi ...
considers this an
unplaced name
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The ter ...
)
* ''
Abarema ricoae
''Abarema ricoae'' is a species of plant of the genus ''Abarema'' in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,World Flora Online
World Flora Online is an Internet-based compendium of the world's plant species.
Description
The World Flora Online (WFO) is an open-access database, launched in October 2012 as a follow-up project to The Plant List, with the aim of publishi ...
considers this an
unplaced name
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The ter ...
)
Formerly placed here
* ''
Archidendron bigeminum
''Archidendron bigeminum'' is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as "kalitiya - කලටිය" in Sinhala.
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in the 1998 IUCN Redlist re ...
Hydrochorea acreana
''Hydrochorea acreana'', known as the Ingá-fava, is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Jupunba abbottii'' (as ''Abarema abbottii'' ) – Abbott abarema
* ''
Jupunba adenophora
''Jupunba adenophora'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Jupunba alexandri
''Jupunba alexandri'' (synonym ''Abarema alexandri'') is a species of plant of the genus '' Jupunba'' in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.
Taxonomy
It was first ...
Jupunba auriculata
''Jupunba auriculata'' is a species of plant of the genus ''Abarema'' in the family Fabaceae.Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005) It is a tree native to the Amazon Basin of Colombia, Peru, and northern Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federat ...
Jupunba barbouriana
''Abarema barbouriana'' is a species of flowering plant of the genus '' Jupunba'' in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Jupunba brachystachya
''Jupunba brachystachya'', the obovate abarema, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,
Jupunba leucophylla
''Jupunba leucophylla'' is a species of plant of the genus ''Jupunba'' in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to lowland rainforest in the Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River ...
Grenada
Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...
,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sometimes known simply as Saint Vincent or SVG, is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the south ...