Archidendron
Archidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the Mimosa subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes 98 species which range from India through Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, and Papuasia to Queensland and New South Wales.
Species
Chinese apes-earring
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India
Observations1,856
Archidendron es un género de árboles perteneciente a la familia Fabaceae. Comprende 126 especies descritas y de estas, solo 98 aceptadas.[1] Índice 1 Taxonomía 2 Especies seleccionadas 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Taxonomía El género fue descrito por Ferdinand von Mueller y publicado en Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5: 59. 1865.[2] La especie tipo es: Archidendron vaillantii F.Muell. Especies seleccionadas Archidendron alatum de Wit Archidendron alternifoliolatum (T.L.Wu) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron apoense (Elmer) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron arborescens (Kosterm.) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron aruense (Warb.) Dewit Archidendron balansae (Oliv.) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron baucheri (Gagnep.) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron beguinii de Wit Archidendron bellum Harms Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron borneense (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen Archidendron brachycarpum Harms Archidendron brevicalyx Harms Archidendron brevipes (K.Schum.) Dewit Referencias ↑ Archidendron en PlantList ↑ «Archidendron». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultado el 9 de septiembre de 2012.
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Archidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the Mimosa subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes 98 species which range from India through Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, and Papuasia to Queensland and New South Wales.
==Description== Plants in this genus are shrubs or small to medium-sized trees up to tall; they have bipinnate leaves, extrafloral nectaries, and without spines or thorns. Leaflets are usually arranged in opposite pairs. The genus is morphologically diverse in the characters of leaves, flowers and fruit. Inflorescence position may be , , ramiflorous or cauliflorous. The form may be a 'head' or capitulum, an umbel, a raceme or a panicle. Flowers may be bell-shaped or tubular, the calyx and the corolla tube both 5-lobed. There are numerous stamens and one to several carpels. The fruit is a pod which may be flat, cylindrical, or twisted.