Abarema Explained

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

Plants of the World Online currently accepts only four species, Abarema cochliacarpos, A. diamantina, A. levelii, and A. maestrensis. The other species have been placed in other genera, including Jupunba and Punjuba.^[4]

Formerly placed here

• Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm., Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.)^[5]
• Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora (Benth.) Kosterm.)^[6]
• Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii (F.Muell.) Kosterm.)^[7]
• Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)^[8]

References

• (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.
• (2005): Genus Abarema. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.

Notes and References

1. 30032383-2 . Abarema Pittier . 17 January 2022.
2. Soares, M. V. B., Guerra, E., Morim, M. P., & Iganci, J. R. V. (2021). "Reinstatement and recircumscription of Jupunba and Punjuba (Fabaceae) based on phylogenetic evidence." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 196(4), 456-479.
3. Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)
4. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30032383-2 Abarema Pittier
5. 914849-1 . Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen . 17 January 2022.
6. 910035-1 . Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen . 17 January 2022.
7. 910036-1 . Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen . 17 January 2022.
8. 77218789-1 . Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci . 17 January 2022.