Pithecellobium
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| Pithecellobium keyense | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Pithecellobium Mart. |
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Pithecellobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words πιθηκος (pithekos), meaning "ape" or "monkey," and ελλοβιον (ellobion), meaning "earring," which refers to the coiled shape of the fruit pods.[2] Plants of the genus are known generally as blackbeads.[3]
Species[]
There are about 75 species in the genus:[4]
- Britton & Rose
- Northr.
- Benth.
- L.Rico
- Standl.
- (L.)Benth.
- Pithecellobium cochliocarpum
- Pittier
- Benth. also known as
- Barneby & J.W.Grimes
- Pithecellobium decandrum
- Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. – guamúchil, ebony blackbead, monkeypod (Mexico, Central America, northern South America)
- (Kunth) Mart.
- (Vent.) Benth.
- Benth.
- (A.Rich.) Benth.
- (Willd.) Benth.
- Micheli
- Pithecellobium jiringa
- Pithecellobium johansenii Standl. (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
- Pithecellobium keyense Coker – Florida Keys blackbead
- Benth.
- Pittier
- S.F.Blake
- Merr.
- – buche colorado
- Pithecellobium seleri Harms (Guatemala, Honduras)
- Craib
- (L.) Benth. – catclaw blackbead
- I.C.Nielsen
Formerly placed here[]
Many species now in the genera Albizia and Abarema were formerly classified in Pithecellobium. Other species previously included:
- Archidendron bigeminum (as P. bigeminum, P. gracile, P. nicobaricum)
- Chloroleucon foliolosum (as P. foliolosum, P. grisebachianum, P. myriophyllum Malme, P. oligandrum)
- Pseudosamanea cubana (as P. bacona)
- Zygia cognata (as P. cognatum, P. stevensonii)
- Zygia pithecolobioides (as P. pithecolobioides, P. reductum)
References[]
- ^ "Pithecellobium Mart". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ Austin, D. F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 517. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
- ^ Pithecellobium. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ Pithecellobium. The Plant List.
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