Falcataria

Falcataria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Ingeae
Genus: Falcataria
Species: F. falcata – F. pullenii – F. toona

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Falcataria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 14. Reference page.

Name

Falcataria (I.C.Nielsen) Barneby & J.W.Grimes, 1996.

• Type species: Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin, (2016).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Paraserianthes sect. Falcataria, I.C.Nielsen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 5(3): 327 (1984).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is. Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia Queensland Introduced into: Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Marquesas, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Seychelles, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Tuamotu, Uganda, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Barneby, R.C. & Grimes, J.W., 1996. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 253

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 
• Brown, G.K., Murphy, D.J. & Ladiges, P. 2011. Relationships of the Australo-Malesian genus Paraserianthes (Mimosoideae: Leguminosae) identifies the sister group of Acacia sensu stricto and two biogeographical tracks. Cladistics 27(4): 380–390. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00349.x Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Falcataria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Falcataria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Falcataria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Falcataria. Published online. Accessed: October 14 2022.

Vernacular names

English: peacocksplume
فارسی: فلكاتاريا
日本語: ファルカタ
中文: 南洋楹属

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