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Paraserianthes

I.C.Nielsen (1983)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Paraserianthes

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees or shrubs.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (bipinnate). Alternate. With nectaries on leaf rachises and pinnae. Nectaries present on leaf rachises and pinnae. Petiolate. Stipules linear or filiform, caducous.

Flowers: Flowers in terminal panicles, axillary spikes, or racemes. Flowers bisexual (perfect), mimosaceous. Calyx lobes 5, valvate. Corolla tubular to campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens more than 30; filaments connate at least at base. Ovary superior; style 1, apical.

Fruit: Pods flat; straight; dehiscent along both sutures. Seeds several; ellipsoid to oblong; usually transversely arranged; with a distinct; horseshoe–shaped pleurogram.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Paraserianthes lophantha (Vent.) I.C.Nielsen

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 5: 326 (1983)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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