Arquita

Life-forms

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: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Arquita
Species: A. ancashiana – A. celendiniana – A. grandiflora – A. mimosifolia – A. trichocarpa
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arquita in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 20. Reference page.

Name

Arquita Gagnon, G.P.Lewis & C.E.Hughes, Taxon 64(3): 479. (2015)

Type species: Arquita mimosifolia (Griseb.) Gagnon, G.P.Lewis & C.E.Hughes, Taxon 64(3): 485. (2015)

References

Gagnon, E., Hughes, C.E., Lewis, G.P. & Bruneau, A. 2015. A new cryptic species in a new cryptic genus in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) from the seasonally dry inter‐Andean valleys of South America. Taxon 64(3): 468-490. DOI: 10.12705/643.6 ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arquita in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arquita. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 30 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arquita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Aug. 2020.
Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Arquita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 30.

Arquita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Species

Arquita comprises the following species:[3]

Arquita ancashiana (Ulibarri) E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes
Arquita celendiniana (G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes) E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes
Arquita grandiflora E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes
Arquita mimosifolia (Griseb.) E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes
Arquita trichocarpa (Griseb.) E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes
var. boliviana E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes
var. trichocarpa (Griseb.) E. Gagnon, G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes

References

Gagnon E, Hughes CE, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2015). "A new cryptic species in a new cryptic genus in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) from the seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys of South America". Taxon. 64 (3): 468–490. doi:10.12705/643.6.
The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.