Punjuba centiflora

Punjuba centiflora
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Punjuba
Species:	P. centiflora
Binomial name
Punjuba centiflora (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci
Synonyms [2]
Abarema centifloraBarneby & J.W.Grimes

Punjuba centiflora is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the east slope of the Bolivian Andes. It is a small tree found in humid montane forests. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Abarema centiflora by Barneby and J. W. Grimes. and first published in Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 74(1): 105. 1996. ^[3] In 2021 it was placed in the revived genus Punjuba as Punjuba centiflora. ^[2]

Description

The trees reach up to 8 meters in height, with furrowed branchlets. The foliage is bright green in color. The dense racemes have small greenish or whitish flowers. Which are paired to a branch bud. The peduncles are between 1.5 and 4 centimeters in length. There are no pods on the plant. ^[4]

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Abarema centiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T36568A10006228. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36568A10006228.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Punjuba centiflora (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 3 April 2025.
3. "Tropicos | Name - Abarema abbottii (Rose & Leonard) Barneby & J.W. Grimes". legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
4. "Abarema centiflora (Barneby & J.W.Grimes)". worldfloraonline.org. Sep 18, 2023. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2023.