Abarema

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

Formerly placed here

• Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm., Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.)^[4]
• Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora (Benth.) Kosterm.)^[5]
• Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii (F.Muell.) Kosterm.)^[6]
• Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)^[7]

Footnotes

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 Garden 74(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.