Abarema

Abarema
Abarema cochliocarpos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Abarema Pittier [1]
Species
Abarema has 4 Accepted Species [1]
Synonyms [1]
This genus does not have synonyms

Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil, Cuba, 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.

Taxonomy

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. ^[2]

Species

Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45 species. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium . ^[3]

• Abarema abbottii – Abbott abarema
• Abarema acreana (provisionally placed here)
• Abarema adenophora
• Abarema agropecuaria
• Abarema alexandri – shadbark abarema
  • Abarema alexandri var. alexandri– Typical shadbark abarema; tamarind shadbark (Jamaica)
  • Abarema alexandri var. trogana– Troy shadbark abarema; shadbark (Jamaica)
• Abarema aspleniifolia – Spleen-leaved abarema
• Abarema auriculata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes– guarango maní
• Abarema barbouriana – Barbour abarema
  • Abarema barbouriana var. barbouriana
• Abarema brachystachya
• Abarema callejasii
• Abarema campestris
• Abarema centiflora
• Abarema cochleata
  • Abarema cochleata var. moniliformis
• Abarema cochliocarpos – barbatimo
• Abarema commutata
• Abarema curvicarpa
  • Abarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesii
• Abarema ferruginea
• Abarema filamentosa
• Abarema floribunda
• Abarema gallorum
• Abarema ganymedea
• Abarema glauca – glaucous abarema
• Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Abarema josephi
• Abarema jupunba – Delmare abarema, crabwood, dalmare, delmare, jumbie head, soapy-soapy; wild tamarin (Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
  • Abarema jupunba var. jupunba
  • Abarema jupunba var. trapezifolia
• Abarema killipii
• Abarema laeta
• Abarema langsdorfii
• Abarema lehmannii
• Abarema leucophylla
  • Abarema leucophylla var. vaupesensis
• Abarema levelii
• Abarema longipedunculata
• Abarema macradenia – Panama abarema
• Abarema microcalyx
• Abarema mataybifolia
• Abarema nipensis
• Abarema obovalis
• Abarema obovata – obovate abarema
• Abarema oppositifolia – opposite-leaved abarema
• Abarema oxyphyllidia
• Abarema piresii
• Abarema racemiflora
• Abarema ricoae
• Abarema turbinata
• Abarema villifera
• Abarema zolleriana

Plants of the World Online currently accepts only four species, Abarema cochliacarpos, A. diamantina, A. levelii , and A. maestrensis . The other species have been placed in other genera, including Jupunba and Punjuba . ^[4]

Formerly placed here

• Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramaeKosterm., Abarema bigemina(L.) Kosterm., Abarema monadelpha(Roxb.) Kosterm.) ^[5]
• Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora(Benth.) Kosterm.) ^[6]
• Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii(F.Muell.) Kosterm.) ^[7]
• Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda(S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) ^[8]

Footnotes

1. "Abarema Pittier". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
2. Soares, M. V. B., Guerra, E., Morim, M. P., & Iganci, J. R. V. (2021). "Reinstatement and recircumscription of Jupunba and Punjuba (Fabaceae) based on phylogenetic evidence." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 196(4), 456-479.
3. Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)
4. Abarema Pittier. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 8 August 2023.
5. "Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. "Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
7. "Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
8. "Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 January 2022.

References

Media related to Abarema at Wikimedia Commons

• 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 Garden74(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.