Pseudosamanea

Pseudosamanea cubana is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found only in Cuba.

Pseudosamanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae[1]
(unranked):
Mimosoid clade[1]
Genus:
Pseudosamanea

Harms
Species:
P. cubana
Binomial name
Pseudosamanea cubana
(Britton & Rose) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Synonyms
  • Albizia cubana Britton & Wilson
  • Pithecellobium bacona Urb.

Presently, this is the only member of the genus Pseudosamanea. Pseudosamanea guachapele is a junior synonym of Albizia guachapele.[2]

Footnotes
  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. ILDIS (2005)

References
  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Pseudosamanea. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
  • Areces-Mallea, A.E. (1998). "Pseudosamanea cubana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T36569A10006268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36569A10006268.en.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.