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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Paraserianthes I.C.Nielsen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 5: 326 (1983)
Description
Trees or shrubs. Lvs 2-paripinnate, with few to numerous paired pinnae along the rachis and each pinna with few to numerous, sessile paired pinnules; glands present on petiole or rachis; stipules minute or conspicuous. Infl. a cylindric spike or raceme; spikes or racemes axillary, solitary or arranged in panicles; bracts and bracteoles usually small. Fls actinomorphic, usually 5-merous, white to yellow, or yellow-green; calyx shortly toothed or lobed; petals connate to about the middle. Stamens numerous, united into a closed tube for part of length, exserted; anthers uniform, versatile. Style filiform; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, straight, dehiscent; seeds without an aril.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Nielsen, I.; Guinet, P.; Baretta-Kuipers, T. 1983: Studies in the Malesian, Australian and Pacific Ingeae (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae): the genera Archidendropsis, Wallaceodendron, Paraserianthes, Pararchidendron and Serianthes (part 1). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia: Botanique Phytochemie 5(3): 303–329.
