Paullinia paullinioides

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Paullinia paullinioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Paullinia
Species:
P. paullinioides
Binomial name
Paullinia paullinioides
Radlkofer, 1895

Paullinia paullinioides is a flowering plant species in the genus of Paullinia found in South America. It was first described in 1895, by Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer. [1]

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Description

Paullinia paullinioides is a tropical liana. It has trifoliolate leaves with elliptic to ovate leaflets and fruit with spines 1.2–1.4 cm (1⁄3–2⁄3 in) long. [2]

Distribution

Paullinia paullinioides is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [2] It has also been observed in Venezuela. [3]

Ecology

The species is host to the Muscodor vitigenus fungus that produces nearly pure naphthalene which acts as an insect repellent. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Missouri Botanical Garden. "Paullinia paullinioides Radlk". tropicos.org. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Medeiros, Herison; Forzza, Rafaela; Acevedo, Pedro (2016). "Wild Relatives of Guaraná (Paullinia cupana, Sapindaceae) in Southwestern Brazilian Amazon". Systematic Botany. 41: 225. doi:10.1600/036364416X690606. S2CID   87928483 . Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Hokche, O.; Berry, P. E.; Huber, O. (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela. Caracas: Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  4. ↑ Daisy, B.H.; Strobel, G.A.; Castillo, U. (2002). "Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus" . Microbiology. 148 (11): 3737–3741. doi: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3737 . PMID   12427963 . Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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