Abarema

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Subclassis: Rosidae

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: Mimosoideae
Tribus: Ingeae
Genus: Abarema
Species: A. - A. cochliacarpos - – A. diamantina – A. levelii – A. maestrensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Abarema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 09. Reference page.

Name

Abarema Pittier, Bol. Minist. R.R.E.E. 10-12: 440. (1927)

Type species: Abarema cochliacarpos (Gomes) Barneby & J.W.Grimes, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 94. (1996)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Brazil
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
Regional: Caribbean
Cuba
Regional: Northern South America
Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pittier, H.F., 1927. Boletín del Ministerio de R.R.E.E. (Relaciones Exteriores) 10-12: 440

Additional references

Iganci, J.R.V. & Morim, M.P. 2012. Abarema (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) in the Atlantic Domain, Brazil. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 473-486.
Soares, M.V.B., Guerra, E., Morim, M.P. & Iganci, J.R.V. 2021. Reinstatement and recircumscription of Jupunba and Punjuba (Fabaceae) based on phylogenetic evidence. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 196(4): 456–479. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boab007 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Abarema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 09. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Abarema. 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 09. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Abarema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Abarema. Published online. Accessed: October 09 2022.

Vernacular names
مصرى: آبارما
беларуская: Абарема
മലയാളം: അബറേമ
русский: Абарема
slovenščina: abaréma
中文: 蟹豆属

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Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil, Cuba, and Venezuela.[1] Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves.
Taxonomy

This genus has been proven to be polyphyletic under its previous circumscription. As a result of the genetic evidence, the genera Jupunba and Punjuba were separated from Abarema.[2]
Species

Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45 species. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium.[3]

Abarema abbottii – Abbott abarema
Abarema acreana (provisionally placed here)
Abarema adenophora
Abarema agropecuaria
Abarema alexandri – shadbark abarema
Abarema alexandri var. alexandri – Typical shadbark abarema; tamarind shadbark (Jamaica)
Abarema alexandri var. trogana – Troy shadbark abarema; shadbark (Jamaica)
Abarema aspleniifolia – Spleen-leaved abarema
Abarema auriculata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – guarango maní
Abarema barbouriana – Barbour abarema
Abarema barbouriana var. barbouriana
Abarema brachystachya
Abarema callejasii
Abarema campestris
Abarema centiflora
Abarema cochleata
Abarema cochleata var. moniliformis
Abarema cochliocarpos – barbatimo
Abarema commutata
Abarema curvicarpa
Abarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesii
Abarema ferruginea
Abarema filamentosa
Abarema floribunda
Abarema gallorum
Abarema ganymedea
Abarema glauca – glaucous abarema
Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Abarema josephi
Abarema jupunba – Delmare abarema, crabwood, dalmare, delmare, jumbie head, soapy-soapy; wild tamarin (Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Abarema jupunba var. jupunba
Abarema jupunba var. trapezifolia
Abarema killipii
Abarema laeta
Abarema langsdorfii
Abarema lehmannii
Abarema leucophylla
Abarema leucophylla var. vaupesensis
Abarema levelii
Abarema longipedunculata
Abarema macradenia – Panama abarema
Abarema microcalyx
Abarema mataybifolia
Abarema nipensis
Abarema obovalis
Abarema obovata – obovate abarema
Abarema oppositifolia – opposite-leaved abarema
Abarema oxyphyllidia
Abarema piresii
Abarema racemiflora
Abarema ricoae
Abarema turbinata
Abarema villifera
Abarema zolleriana

Plants of the World Online currently accepts only four species, Abarema cochliacarpos, A. diamantina, A. levelii, and A. maestrensis. The other species have been placed in other genera, including Jupunba and Punjuba.[4]
Formerly placed here

Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm., Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.)[5]
Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora (Benth.) Kosterm.)[6]
Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii (F.Muell.) Kosterm.)[7]
Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes)[8]

Footnotes

"Abarema Pittier". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Soares, M. V. B., Guerra, E., Morim, M. P., & Iganci, J. R. V. (2021). "Reinstatement and recircumscription of Jupunba and Punjuba (Fabaceae) based on phylogenetic evidence." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 196(4), 456-479.
Barneby & Grimes (1996), ILDIS (2005)
Abarema Pittier. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
"Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
"Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
"Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

"Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

References

Barneby, R.C. & Grimes, J.W. (1996): Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring: A generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and Allies. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 74(1): 1–292. ISBN 0-89327-395-3
International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Abarema. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.