Caesalpinia L.
EOL Text
Trees or climbing or sprawling shrubs, unarmed or bearing prickles. Stipules various. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets opposite. Inflorescence of medium to large flowers arranged in a raceme or panicle. Sepals free to the hypanthium. Petals subequal, 5, yellow. Stamens 10, usually all fertile. Pod not winged.
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Caesalpinia
Árboles, arbustos erectos o sarmentosos. Tallos usualmente espinosos. Hojas alternas bipinnadas, pecioladas; pinnas opuestas, los folíolos opuestos o alternos; pecíolos y raquis sin glándulas estipitadas; estípulas diminutas a foliáceas. Flores unisexuales o bisexuales, en racimos axilares o terminales; pedicelos articulados en la porción distal. Cáliz campanulado, con 5 sépalos; corola de varios colores, los pétalos 5, libres; estambres 10, los filamentos comprimidos, libres, de igual longitud o desiguales, las anteras dehiscentes a través de suturas longitudinales; ovario súpero, unilocular, sésil o corto estipitado, con numerosos óvulos. Fruto una legumbre de formas variadas, dehiscentes o indehiscentes; semillas solitarias o numerosas, de formas variadas. Género tropical con alrededor de 100 especies.
Caesalpinia
Trees or erect or clambering shrubs. Stems usually spiny. Leaves bipinnate; pinnae opposite, the leaflets opposite or alternate; petioles and rachis lacking stipitate glands; stipules minute to foliaceous. Flowers unisexual or bisexual, in axillary or terminal racemes; pedicels articulate in the distal portion. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobate; corolla of various colors, the petals 5, free; stamens 10, the filaments flattened, free, of equal length, the anthers dehiscent along longitudinal sutures; ovary unilocular, superior, sessile or short-stipitate, with numerous ovules. Fruit a legume of various forms, dehiscent or indehiscent; seeds solitary or numerous, of various forms. A tropical genus of about 100 species.
Depth range based on 8 specimens in 2 taxa.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:174
Specimens with Sequences:194
Specimens with Barcodes:160
Species:42
Species With Barcodes:38
Public Records:63
Public Species:25
Public BINs:0
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Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Membership within the genus is controversial, with different publications including anywhere from 70 to 165 species, depending largely on the inclusion or exclusion of species alternately listed under genera such as Hoffmannseggia. It contains tropical or subtropical woody plants. The generic name honors the botanist, physician and philosopher Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603).[3]
The name Caesalpinaceae at family level, or Caesalpinioideae at the level of subfamily, is based on this generic name.
Selected species[edit]
- Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. – Grey Nicker (Pantropical)
- Caesalpinia brachycarpa (Gray) Fisher – Broadpad nicker
- Caesalpinia calycina Benth.
- Caesalpinia cassioides Willd.
- Caesalpinia caudata (Gray) Fisher – Tailed nicker
- Caesalpinia ciliata Bergius ex. Wikstr. – Broadpad nicker
- Caesalpinia conzattii (Rose) Standl.
- Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd. – Divi-divi (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America)
- Caesalpinia crista (L.) – Gray nicker
- Caesalpinia culebrae (Britt & Wilson) – Smooth yellow nicker
- Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston – Mysore Thorn (India)
- Caesalpinia echinata Lam. – Brazilwood (Brazil)
- Caesalpinia enneaphylla Roxb.
- Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. ex Tul. – Brazilian Ironwood, Leopard Tree
- Caesalpinia gilliesii (Wallich ex Hook.) D.Dietr. – Bird of Paradise
- Caesalpinia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Baill.
- Caesalpinia jamesii (Torr & Gray) – James' holdback
- Caesalpinia kavaiensis H.Mann – Uhiuhi (Hawaii)
- Caesalpinia lutea – Yellow Peacock
- Caesalpinia major (Medik.) Dandy & Exell – Yellow Nicker (Pantropical)
- Caesalpinia mexicana A.Gray – Mexican Holdback (southernmost Texas, Mexico)
- Caesalpinia merxmeullerana A.Schreib. (Namibia)
- Caesalpinia minax Hance
- Caesalpinia monensis (Britt) – Black nicker
- Caesalpinia nhatrangense J.E.Vidal (Vietnam)
- Caesalpinia pannosa Brandegee
- Caesalpinia paraguariensis (D.Parodi) Burkart – Ibirá-Berá, Guayacaú Negro, Argentinian Brown Ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Caesalpinia parryi (Fisher) – Parry's holdback
- Caesalpinia pauciflora (Griseb.) – Fewflower holdback
- Caesalpinia peninsularis (Britt) – Peninsular holdback
- Caesalpinia phyllanthoides (Standl.) – Wait-a-bit vine
- Caesalpinia platyloba S.Watson
- Caesalpinia pluviosa DC. – False Brazilwood
- Caesalpinia portoricensis (Britt & Wilson) – Brown nicker
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. – Pride of Barbados
- Caesalpinia punctata Willd. – Quebrahacha, Kibrahacha in Aruba
- Caesalpinia reticulata
- Caesalpinia sappan L. – Sappanwood (Southeast Asia, Malay Archipelago)
- Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze – Tara (Peru)
- Caesalpinia vesicaria L.
- Caesalpinia violacea (Mill.) Standl.
- Caesalpinia wootonii (Britt.) – Wooton's holdback[4][5][6]
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Uses[edit]
Some species are grown for their ornamental flowers. Brazilwood (C. echinata) is the source of a historically important dye called brazilin and of the wood for violin bows. Guayacaú Negro (C. paraguariensis) is used for timber in several Latin American countries, especially Argentina and Paraguay. Commercially it is marketed as Argentinian Brown Ebony, mistakenly as Brazilian Ebony, and as a family group as Partidgewood. End use for this timber is typically high-end exotic hardwood flooring, cabinetry and turnings.
Caesalpinia pluviosa is being investigated as a possible antimalarial medication.[7]
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- ^ a b "Genus: Caesalpinia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ "Caesalpinia L.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Caesalpinia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ "Subordinate Taxa of Caesalpinia L.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "Caesalpinia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ Kayano, Ana Carolina; Stefanie CP Lopes; Fernanda G Bueno; Elaine C Cabral; Wanessa C Souza-Neiras; Lucy M Yamauchi; Mary A Foglio; Marcos N Eberlin; João Carlos Mello; Fabio TM Costa (2011). "In vitro and in vivo assessment of the anti-malarial activity of Caesalpinia pluviosa". Malaria Journal 10 (112). doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-112. PMC 3112450. PMID 21535894.
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