Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & J.W.Grimes
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Filed As
Mimosaceae
Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & J.W.Grimes ( holotype ) -
Collector(s)
J. de Bruijn 1750, 17 Apr 1967
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Location
Venezuela. Bolívar. NE of Upata. Near El Paraíso camp.[Serranía de Imataca].
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Habitat
Primry forest.
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Description
Tree, ca. 31 m tall. Tree with cylindrical bole and spreaded crown. Bark fissured, greyish-brown; slash dark brown, DBH 40 cm., thickness of bark 4 mm. Wood pinkish-white. First branches at 8 m. Branches greyish-grown, twigs browish-green with dirty white lenticels. Leaflets papery, glossy, medium green above, dull and paler green beneath. Pods medium brown; seeds dirty white. Wood samples taken at 0.5--1.5--3--4.5 and 6 m. (L.N.P.F. X 175.). Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3222
Occurrence ID: 3596967b-03cf-413f-9be1-c66eac960cc9
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Note: BasionymPityrocarpa leucoxylon (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Luckow & R.W.Jobson det P. G. Ribeiro, 2015
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Type Details
holotype of Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & J.W.Grimes
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Region
South America
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Country
Venezuela
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State/Province
Bolívar
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Locality
NE of Upata. Near El Paraíso camp.[Serranía de Imataca].
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Elevation
Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)
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Distribution
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Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & J.W.Grimes