Monographs Details:
Authority:
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Synonyms:
Swartzia nicaraguensis (Britton & Rose) Standl., Tounatea nicaraguensis Britton & Rose
Swartzia nicaraguensis (Britton & Rose) Standl., Tounatea nicaraguensis Britton & Rose
Description:
Description - Branchlets micro-strigulose; stipules less than 1 mm long, triangular; leaflets 3- or 4-jugate; inflorescence axis micro-strigulose.
Description - Branchlets micro-strigulose; stipules less than 1 mm long, triangular; leaflets 3- or 4-jugate; inflorescence axis micro-strigulose.
Discussion:
There is so little of morphological significance separating these two varieties that it is difficult to consider them as such, much less as species. However, the difference in the stipules and the number of pairs of leaflets encourage me to leave them separate, pending study of future collections from Nicaragua.The species is related to S. jorori and S. pittieri in Bolivia and Venezuela, respectively, but those species have petaliferous flowers and S. cubensis is characterized by apetalous ones. The latter is also related to S. sumorum of Nicaragua; although superficially there is little resemblance, the floral morphology of the two is quite similar. Standley described S. lundellii partly because there was such a geographic hiatus between Central America and Cuba and he noted that the leaflets are more obtuse than in S. cubensis. However, the type of S. lundellii is indistinguishable from the rest of the material of the typical variety of S. cubensis.
There is so little of morphological significance separating these two varieties that it is difficult to consider them as such, much less as species. However, the difference in the stipules and the number of pairs of leaflets encourage me to leave them separate, pending study of future collections from Nicaragua.The species is related to S. jorori and S. pittieri in Bolivia and Venezuela, respectively, but those species have petaliferous flowers and S. cubensis is characterized by apetalous ones. The latter is also related to S. sumorum of Nicaragua; although superficially there is little resemblance, the floral morphology of the two is quite similar. Standley described S. lundellii partly because there was such a geographic hiatus between Central America and Cuba and he noted that the leaflets are more obtuse than in S. cubensis. However, the type of S. lundellii is indistinguishable from the rest of the material of the typical variety of S. cubensis.
Distribution:
Nicaragua Central America|
Nicaragua Central America|