Piptadenia is a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the family Fabaceae. It includes 28 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from central Mexico to southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina.[2]
| Piptadenia | |
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| Piptadenia gonoacantha in Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Piptadenia Benth. (1840)[1] |
| Species[2] | |
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28; see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Stachychrysum Bojer (1837) | |
Species
edit28 species are accepted:[2]
- Piptadenia adiantoides (Spreng.) Macbr.
- Piptadenia affinis Burkart
- Piptadenia amazonica Ducke
- Piptadenia anolidurus Barneby
- Piptadenia boliviana Benth.
- Piptadenia buchtienii Barneby
- Piptadenia cuzcoensis Barneby
- Piptadenia floribunda Kleinhoonte
- Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) Macbr.
- Piptadenia imatacae Barneby
- Piptadenia irwinii G.P.Lewis
- var. irwinii G.P.Lewis
- var. unijuga G.P.Lewis
- Piptadenia killipii Macbr.
- var. cacaophila G.P.Lewis
- var. killipii Macbr.
- Piptadenia laxipinna B.M.Barroso
- Piptadenia leucoxylon Barneby & Grimes
- Piptadenia macradenia Benth.
- Piptadenia micracantha Benth.
- Piptadenia minutiflora Ducke
- Piptadenia paniculata Benth.
- Piptadenia peruviana (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
- Piptadenia pteroclada Benth.
- Piptadenia ramosissima (Mart. ex Colla) Benth.
- Piptadenia retusa (Jacq.) P.G.Ribeiro, Seigler & Ebinger
- Piptadenia robusta Pittier
- Piptadenia santosii Barneby ex G.P.Lewis
- Piptadenia trisperma (Vell.) Benth.
- Piptadenia uaupensis Spruce ex Benth.
- Piptadenia uliginosa Britton & Killip
- Piptadenia voronoffii Pittier.
- Piptadenia weberbaueri Harms[3]
Several species formerly placed in this genus (such as those used to prepare the psychotomimetic snuffs vilca and yopo/parica) are now considered to be in the genus Anadenanthera. Three species have also been placed in genus Adenopodia.[4] Others have been moved to the genus Pityrocarpa.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Piptadenia". www.ars-grin.gov. NPGS/GRIN. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ a b c d Piptadenia Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Genera Containing Currently Accepted Names: Piptadenia". www.ildis.org. ILDIS. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ "Adenopodia C.Presl 1851". Legumes of the World: Taxonomic View. Kew Gardens. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Jobson RW, Luckow M. (2007). "Phylogenetic study of the genus Piptadenia (Mimosoideae: Leguminosae) using plastid trnL–F and trnK/matK sequence data". Syst Bot. 32 (3): 569–575. doi:10.1600/036364407782250544.
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