Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight |
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Family : FABACEAE |
Protologue : U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 137, 12 (1909) |
Information on the genus : Albizia |
Basionym : Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach. |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight var. adianthifolia |
Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach. (1827) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Albizia fastigiata (E. Mey.) Oliv. |
=Zygia fastigiata E. Mey. |
=Inga fastigiata (E. Mey.) Oliv. |
=*Albizia sassa (Willd.) J. F. Macbr. sensu Baker f., p.p. excl. syn. Sassa et Mimosa sassa |
=Albizia sassa var. chirindensis (Swynn. ex Baker f.) Baker f. |
=Albizia fastigiata var. chirindensis Swynn. ex Baker f. |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight var. adianthifolia |
Albizia adianthifolia var. intermedia (De Wild. & T. Durand) Villiers |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Tree (2,5-)4-40 m; trunk to 1m Ø, slightly buttressed, to 7-12-15 m long in forest; crown flattened; young branchlets densely, rather coarsely and persistently rusty- to fulvous-pubescent; branches dichotomous, fastigiate. |
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Ecology : |
Wide range of habitats (ecotypes may be recognizable). Edge of evergreen forest; rain-forest; deciduous woodland; wooded grassland; mainly in regrowth forest; humid land; fallow places; sometimes abundant; near sea-level-1680 m alt. |
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Variable plant. |
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S. Africa. |
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Comprises 2 vars. - Var. intermedia (De Wild. & T. Durand) Villiers (syn.: A. oliveri Pellegr.; A. welwitschii Oliv. quoad specim. Mann. |
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Has been confused with A. gummifera. Interbreeding may occur with the latter and with A. intermedia. |
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Biol./Eco : |
Tree; Humid, Subhumid; Grassland, Wooded Grassland, Woodland, Forest, Anthropic; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Fgui |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Map |
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Record n°176747 |
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