Abarema alexandri var. troyana (Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
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Authors
Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby
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Authority
Barneby, Rupert C. & Grimes, James W. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74: 1-292.
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Family
Mimosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
—"Jamaica . . . prope Troy 600-830 m alt., m. Majo flor., Nov., Dec, fruct., [Wm] Harris no. 8800, 8960, 9077, 9263, 9921, 9948." — Syntypi presumably all †B; lectotypus, Wm. Harris 8960, collected 15 May 1905 (fl.), NY!; isolectotypi, F (2 sheets)!, NY!;
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Synonyms
Jupunba troyana Britton & Rose
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Description
Variety Description - Lf-formula and lft-size as given in key to varieties; interfoliolar segments of pinna-rachis to 12-25 mm; lft-pulvinules 1-1.6 x 0.5-0.7 mm; longer pedicels 0.5-2 mm; calyx 1.3-1.5 mm diam; corolla 5.5-6.5 mm; otherwise as given for the species. [Key] "Relatively macrophyllidious; lf-formula (i-)ii-iii/4-6; larger lfts 35-60 X 21-44 mm;"
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution as given in key. [Key] "St. Andrew, St. Elizabeth, and Trelawny parishes [Jamaica]........35b. var. troyana"
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Distribution
Trelawny Jamaica South America| Saint Elizabeth Jamaica South America| Saint Andrew Jamaica South America|