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Albizia duckeana: a, leaf; b, inflorescence; c, leaflets and indument on abaxial surface; d, distal pair of leflets and gland; e, petiole gland; f, calyx opened out; g, corolla opened out; h, staminal tube and stamen filaments; i, ovary and style. A. pedicellaris: j, fruit. a-i, from Hammel 17319; j, from Englesing 223. Drawn by E. Papadopoulos.
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The genus Albizia is economically and environmentally important because many elements are multipurpose trees. A taxonomic study of 12 Central American and Mexican Albizia species is presented. Identification keys, illustrations and ecological information are provided together with some taxonomic comments. Distribution maps and conservation status a...
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... mm long; ovary pubescent, sessile. Legume dark brown, broadly linear, indehiscent, margins promi- nent, 3.6 mm wide, 2.8 mm high, apex acute, base rounded, 10-17.5 × 2.5-2.7 × 0.36-0.45 cm (including a 2-3 mm beak, without a stipe), coriaceous, glabrescent, 25 seeded. Seeds ivory coloured, oblong, 7 × 4 × 2 mm, areole ivory, pleurogram 100 %. Fig. 8. M. de L. Rico Arce & al. Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil and Guiana (equator to 11°S), disjunct in Costa Rica and Honduras (Fig. ...
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... southwards from La Paz, and sometimes planted; coastal plains and foothills of Pacific slope from central Sinaloa to S and E to W (Zacatecas, Jalisco, Colima, Mi- choacan, Guerrero and Oaxaca), Fig. 18; cultivated in Central ...
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... base truncate, 7- 14(40) × (1.7)1.8-3.5 × 0.5 cm (including a 10 mm beak, this often broken on herbarium specimens, without stipe), coriaceous, indument of a few pilose hairs, glabrescent, or mainly glabrous, 10-20 seeded. Seeds brown or greenish, oblong-elliptic, (6)7.5-9 × 3-4 mm, areole the same colour as the rest of the seed, pleurogram 50 %. Fig. ...
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... Eight species of trees and shrubs reported to be native to the TDF [57] were selected, all of which belong to the Fabaceae family, except for Dodonaea viscosa, which belongs to the Sapindaceae family ( Figure 1). Albizia occidentalis Brandegee (Fabaceae), also known as "parotilla", is an endemic tree species of the TDF [34] that occurs at altitudes from sea level to 2400 masl [58]. It is well adapted to lateritic alluvial soils and sandy areas [59]. ...
Increasing the germination percentages from chemical and/or mechanical processes in native species is vital for the conservation of the species. The objective was to evaluate the effect of different treatments on the germination process of species belonging to the tropical deciduous forest (TDF) in a forest nursery. Eight species of trees and shrubs reported to be native to the TDF were selected; the seeds were collected from various sites of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. A randomized design of four replicates with 25 seeds was used, for which three pre-germinative scarification treatments were evaluated for each species: (1) thermal scarification (TS), (2) mechanical scarification (MS), and (3) chemical scarification (CS). Germination was considered as the protrusion of cotyledons onto the substrate and was recorded every 48 h for 60 days. A significant difference was observed between treatments (p ≤ 0.05). The mechanical treatment (MS) obtained the highest germination percentage and the least variation, in contrast to the thermal, chemical, and control treatments, which presented the lowest amount of germinated seeds. The MS treatment was the most effective for all the species studied because it allowed for 100% of the germination to be achieved.
... (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) is a pantropical genus of 120-140 species, with a discontinuously pantropical distribution (Lewis and Rico, 2005). The species of the genus are small to large trees, shrubs, and lianas, and are ecologically, economically, and chemically important in subtropical and tropical biomes (Nielsen, 1979(Nielsen, , 1981(Nielsen, , 1985a(Nielsen, , 1985b(Nielsen, , 1992Gunn, 1984;Lewis and Rico, 2005;Rico Arce et al., 2008). Species in this genus are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar, America, and Asia (Nielsen, 1992;Lewis and Rico, 2005;Rico Arce et al., 2008). ...
... The species of the genus are small to large trees, shrubs, and lianas, and are ecologically, economically, and chemically important in subtropical and tropical biomes (Nielsen, 1979(Nielsen, , 1981(Nielsen, , 1985a(Nielsen, , 1985b(Nielsen, , 1992Gunn, 1984;Lewis and Rico, 2005;Rico Arce et al., 2008). Species in this genus are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar, America, and Asia (Nielsen, 1992;Lewis and Rico, 2005;Rico Arce et al., 2008). They grow at elevations from the sea level to 2400 m, in areas with mean annual rainfall from 350 mm to 5000 mm (Rico Arce et al., 2008). ...
... Species in this genus are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar, America, and Asia (Nielsen, 1992;Lewis and Rico, 2005;Rico Arce et al., 2008). They grow at elevations from the sea level to 2400 m, in areas with mean annual rainfall from 350 mm to 5000 mm (Rico Arce et al., 2008). They commonly occur in vegetation types such as lowland forest, low montane forest, woodland, wooded grassland, bushland, and thicket with a seasonal climate (Lewis and Rico, 2005). ...
The genus Albizia is one of the largest genera in the Fabaceae (the legume family). It is a pantropical genus of ecologically, economically, and chemically important trees, shrubs, and lianas. Fossil records of the genus have been extensively documented from the late Eocene to Pleistocene in Asia. However, no Albizia fossils have been reported from the Cenozoic sediments of Southeast Asia. We describe a new species for pod fossils, namely Albizia yenbaiensis H.B. Nguyen, T. Su & J. Huang sp. nov. obtained from the late Miocene sediments of the Yen Bai Basin, northern Vietnam based on morphological comparison with other legumes. Albizia yenbaiensis is characterized by oblong to broadly linear-shaped, wingless pods, a short stipe, long tapered and slightly oblique base, shortly tapered apex, rounded seed chambers, slightly constricted margins between the seeds, and oblique parallel primary veins on the epicarp. Our discovery represents the first fossil record of Albizia in Southeast Asia. It indicates that Albizia had already existed in a tropical broadleaved forest along the Red River valley in northern Vietnam in the late Miocene. Fossil records of Albizia indicates that the genus might originate in the East Asian Monsoon region and increased the species diversity since the Miocene. The current diversity of the genus in America and Africa could be attributed to its adaptation to warm and seasonally dry climates.
... Based on its 32-celled polyads (Niezgoda and Nevling 1979a: figs 1 and 2; confirmed by my own observation, G.P. Lewis 3862), A. carbonaria was previously excluded from Albizia by Niezgoda and Nevling (1979a) who suggested it was preferable to restrict (Neotropical) Albizia to those species with 16-celled polyads. They placed A. carbonaria in Pithecellobium Mart., generating the only homotypic synonym of the species that I am aware of, which is somewhat remarkable for a species of the ingoid clade that was first described nearly a century ago, but all other authors (Nielsen 1985;Barneby and Grimes 1996;Rico-Arce et al. 2008) included it without question in Albizia. It is notable that Pithecellobium, under its current circumscription, is reported as having consistently 16-celled polyads, while Albizia sect. ...
Recent phylogenomic analyses placed Albiziacarbonaria Britton as the sister-group of the two currently known species of Pseudosamanea Harms, clearly outside AlbiziasectionArthrosamanea (Britton & Rose) Barneby & J.W. Grimes where it has until now been included. Its morphological similarities to Pseudosamanea are discussed, including characteristics of the polyad, and it is concluded that the species is compatible with the generic description of that genus except for its much more finely divided leaves with smaller leaflets, and its smaller flowers and fruits. Since these are merely quantitative differences, the species can readily be accommodated in Pseudosamanea. The new combination Pseudosamaneacarbonaria (Britton) E.J.M. Koenen is made, and a diagnosis distinguishing it from the other two species of Pseudosamanea is presented.
... The genus Albizia Durazz. has a complicated taxonomic history but has generally been treated as a pantropical genus with 120-140 species, of which 36 are endemic to Africa, with c. 30 species in Madagascar, of which c. 24 are endemic, c. 35 species in Asia, one in Australia, and 22 in tropical America (Lewis and Rico Arce 2005;Rico Arce et al. 2008). All species are woody, forming trees of variable stature and inhabit a wide range of lowland tropical biomes (Figs 1 and 2), including rain forests, seasonally dry tropical forests, and savannas, with one species, Albizia julibrissin Durazz., the type species of the genus, in subtropical and warm temperate forests in Asia. ...
... Barneby The segregate genera established by Barneby and Grimes (1996) have not been universally accepted. For example, in the most recent taxonomic treatment of Albizia for Mexico and Central America (Rico Arce et al. 2008), the genera Balizia, Hesperalbizia, Table 1. Main taxonomic changes related to Albizia, Ingeae tribe . ...
... Main taxonomic changes related to Albizia, Ingeae tribe . Modified from Rico Arce et al. (2008). Nielsen (1981) Barneby and Grimes (1996) Lewis and Pseudosamanea were not recognized (Table 1). ...
Following recent mimosoid phylogenetic and phylogenomic studies demonstrating the non-monophyly of the genus Albizia, we present a new molecular phylogeny focused on the neotropical species in the genus, with much denser taxon sampling than previous studies. Our aims were to test the monophyly of the neotropical section Arthrosamanea, resolve species relationships, and gain insights into the evolution of fruit morphology. We perform a Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of sequences of nuclear internal and external transcribed spacer regions and trace the evolution of fruit dehiscence and lomentiform pods. Our results find further support for the non-monophyly of the genus Albizia, and confirm the previously proposed segregation of Hesperalbizia, Hydrochorea, Balizia and Pseudosamanea. All species that were sampled from section Arthrosamanea form a clade that is sister to a clade composed of Jupunba, Punjuba, Balizia and Hydrochorea. We find that lomentiform fruits are independently derived from indehiscent septate fruits in both Hydrochorea and section Arthrosamanea. Our results show that morphological adaptations to hydrochory, associated with shifts into seasonally flooded habitats, have occurred several times independently in different geographic areas and different lineages within the ingoid clade. This suggests that environmental conditions have likely played a key role in the evolution of fruit types in Albizia and related genera. We resurrect the name Pseudalbizzia to accommodate the species of section Arthrosamanea, except for two species that were not sampled here but have been shown in other studies to be more closely related to other ingoid genera and we restrict the name Albizia s.s. to the species from Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Twenty-one new nomenclatural combinations in Pseudalbizzia are proposed, including 16 species and 5 infraspecific varietal names. In addition to the type species Pseudalbizzia berteroana, the genus has 17 species distributed across tropical regions of the Americas, including the Caribbean. Finally, a new infrageneric classification into five sections is proposed and a distribution map of the species of Pseudalbizzia is presented.
... Moreover, their populations are very fragmented and dispersed, limiting their long-term persistence in current habitats. A. plurijuga has been reduced to small remnant populations in the wild (Rico-Arce et al. 2008). Therefore, these species need assistance in extending their distribution. ...
Assisted migration has been proposed as a strategy for adaptive management of forest species in response to expected effects of climate change, but it is controversial for several reasons. Tropical dry forests are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. In Mexico, historically, land-use change and deforestation have been decreasing forest cover, and climate change is shifting the potential distribution of different forest types, exacerbating the risk of local extinctions. Assisted altitudinal migration could be a feasible strategy for reducing local extinctions in response to climate change and lack of landscape connectivity. Our objective was to evaluate survival and growth of Albizia plurijuga and Ceiba aesculifolia, two tropical deciduous forests species in Mexico. We transplanted 4-month-old seedlings to experimental raised beds at three altitudes (2100, 2400 and 2700 m a.s.l.), exceeding their upper regional limit of distribution (2000 m a.s.l.). We also tested seed germination at each altitude. We monitored the experiment for 10 months. For both species, as altitude increased and cold weather was more prevalent, plant performance declined. Within species, differences in individual growth were significant among altitudes. Overall survival was 18.5% for A. plurijuga and 24.5% for C. aesculifolia. Both species had higher survival and better growth at lower altitude, and no seedling emergence at any altitude. We conclude that assisted migration can be implemented for each species by an upward attitudinal shift within, and not exceeding, 400 m beyond their present upper altitudinal limit of distribution. Our results indicate that for many species that show altitudinal gradients at regional scales, unless current climate conditions change, the potential to establish outside their range is minimal.
... Por cierto, basado en las experiencias en nuestro país, Pittier incluyó algunas sugerencias acerca de especies aptas para sombra (Pittier, 1901 Cabe otra digresión para indicar que en el caso de P. auremotemo, congénere del cenízaro, la situación es muy curiosa. Inicialmente Pittier erró en su clasificación, pues esta especie, sinónimo de Abarema cochliocarpus, es suramericana; años después la reconoció como una nueva especie, que bautizó como Pithecellobium discolor, la cual corresponde hoy a Albizia adinocephala (Rico Arce et al., 2008), conocida como gavilán, gavilancillo, gallinazo y sarno (León y Poveda, 2000). ...
Históricamente, la siembra del poró gigante o extranjero (Erythrina poeppigiana) como árbol de sombra en cafetales, ha sido una práctica agronómica común y de gran importancia en Costa Rica. Aunque se sabe que es de origen suramericano, no existe un documento específico que describa su origen geográfico exacto, así como por qué, cuándo y cómo fue introducido en Costa Rica. Por tanto, con base en varias fuentes, bastante dispersas, en este artículo se trata de contestar dichas preguntas, a la vez que sedescribe la manera en que la especie se diseminó y hasta desplazó a otras especies dominantes de leguminosas, como las guabas y los cuajiniquiles (Inga spp.), dependiendo de las diferentes regionescafetaleras del país. Asimismo, se identifica y reconoce a las personas e instituciones que hicieron posible este proceso.
... Por cierto, basado en las experiencias en nuestro país, Pittier incluyó algunas sugerencias acerca de especies aptas para sombra (Pittier, 1901 Cabe otra digresión para indicar que en el caso de P. auremotemo, congénere del cenízaro, la situación es muy curiosa. Inicialmente Pittier erró en su clasificación, pues esta especie, sinónimo de Abarema cochliocarpus, es suramericana; años después la reconoció como una nueva especie, que bautizó como Pithecellobium discolor, la cual corresponde hoy a Albizia adinocephala (Rico Arce et al., 2008), conocida como gavilán, gavilancillo, gallinazo y sarno (León y Poveda, 2000). ...
Históricamente, la siembra del poró gigante o extranjero (Erythrina poeppigiana) como árbol de sombra en cafetales, ha sido una práctica agronómica común y de gran importancia en Costa Rica. Aunque se sabe que es de origen suramericano, no existe un documento específico que describa su origen geográfico exacto, así como por qué, cuándo y cómo fue introducido en Costa Rica. Por tanto, con base en varias fuentes, bastante dispersas, en este artículo se trata de contestar dichas preguntas, a la vez que se describe la manera en que la especie se diseminó y hasta desplazó a otras especies dominantes de leguminosas, como las guabas y los cuajiniquiles (Inga spp.), dependiendo de las diferentes regiones cafetaleras del país. Asimismo, se identifica y reconoce a las personas e instituciones que hicieron posible este proceso. ABSTRACT Historically, the planting of giant or foreign "poró" (Erythrina poeppigiana) as a shade tree in coffee plantations, has been a common and very important agronomic practice in Costa Rica. Even though it is well known that it is a South American tree, there is not a specific document that describes its exact geographic origin, as well as why, when and how it was introduced to Costa Rica. Therefore, based upon a number of quite scattered sources, in this paper we try to answer such questions, while describing the ways in which this species became widespread and even displaced previously dominant leguminous trees, like "guabas" and "cuajiniquiles" (Inga spp.), depending on different coffee-growing regions in the country. In addition, persons and institutions that made this process possible are identified and acknowledged.
... In addition, this plant was cultivated in other countries too. 11 This plant is used in traditional medicine for inflammation and insomnia treatment. In pharmacology studies, Albizia showed antitumor activity and anti-platelet effects. ...
Background:
Large numbers of population suffer from burn annually. The promising treatment of burn has not been identified yet. Albizia julibressin (A. julibressin) in Fabaceae family is popular for its antiseptic activity. This prospective study was designed to compare the wound healing effects of A. julibressin gel (AG) with silver sulfadiazine (SSD).
Methods:
This single blind clinical trial was performed on 40 patients with second and third degree burns. 20 patients treated with SSD and 20 other patients received A. julibressin. The percentage of the wound healing was evaluated with pain, irritation, edema, itching, erythema, purulent discharges and skin discoloration symptoms. Also, the patients' satisfaction and adverse drug reactions were determined.
Results:
The severity of pain (p=0.03), inflammation (p=0.02) and purulent secretions (p=0.03) were significantly relieved in A. julibressin group. The healing time significantly reduced in second degree burns (p=0.03) and third degree burns (p=0.04) with treating by A. julibressin. No significant adverse drug reactions were detected with A. julibressin.
Conclusion:
It seems that A. julibressin improves the different therapeutic aspects of burn injuries and could be considered as a new herbal remedy in wound healings.
... It is a deciduous tree that reaches up to 35 m in height and 40-60 cm diameter at breast height (DBH), but its wood has low market value (Rossi and Sartoretto, 2014). In ecological succession, it is classified as pioneer to early or late secondary and is frequently found in pastures because it does not develop under the canopy shade (Lorenzi, 2002;Arce et al., 2008). In urban areas, it is used in squares and parks; it has as a marked characteristic a smooth and powdery external bark, often showing holes made by wood boring beetles (Carvalho, 2009). ...
Ants can use twigs from fragments of tree branches as a nesting resource. The present study analyzed gatherings of ants in twigs of Albizia niopoides, a Fabaceae native to the Atlantic Forest that is used in landscaping in parks and squares in Brazil. Expeditions were performed in an urban park located in Atlantic Forest areas between February and June 2014. A total of 70 twigs with ants were collected and included 9357 workers, 2309 broods ants, 68 winged ants and 19 queens. Four subfamilies, 10 genera and 17 species/morphospecies were recorded. The species with the largest number of nests were Nylanderia sp.1, Hypoponera sp.4, and Wasmannia auropunctata. Ants of different species were found coexisting in the same twig, and Pheidole gr. tristis was the most common species found sharing a nest. Among the species recorded, only Pseudomyrmex gracilis and Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus are arboreal; the others also live in litter. For some species, our results indicate that the twig occupation in the litter can be structured and not by chance. No correlation was found between the twig structure and the colony components.
... It consists of approximately 150 species and most of the species are deciduous woody trees and shrubs [5]. Albizia trees are highly valued in Central America as understory shade trees for crop plantations, soil erosion stabilizers, soil improvers, source of livestock fodder, timber tree and also providers of water-soluble gum [6]. Different species of Albizia trees such as A. julibrissin, A. lebbeck, A. procera and A. amara are also highly valued in ayurvedic medicine [7]. ...
The objective of the present study is to characterize the physicochemical properties and to determine the in vitro antioxidant activity of Albizia stipulata Boiv. gum exudates collected from Northeast India. The total carbohydrate, uronic acid and protein contents, monosaccharide composition and the molecular weight distribution of the purified gum was determined. The powder flow property and preliminary compressibility test were performed on the dried gum exudates. FTIR study was performed to analyze the functional groups present in the structure. DSC and TGA/DTA analyses were performed to study the thermal stability of the gum. The antioxidant properties of the gum were evaluated by determining DPPH, hydroxyl scavenging activities and reducing power. The total carobydrate and protein contents of the gum were found to be 75.17±3.21% and 2.60±1.05% respectively. The viscosity of 2% aqueous solution of the gum exhibited non-Newtonian type of flow showing pH dependent swelling. Arabinose and galactose were found to be the main monosaccharides present in the gum exudates and the molecular weight distribution of the gum was also found to be polydispersed. Results from DPPH, hydroxyl scavenging and reducing power studies showed the gum possesses antioxidant properties.
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