Flora of North America species comparison

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Andira

andira
Habit Trees, unarmed.
Stems

puberulent or glabrescent;

peduncles and pedicels eglandular.
Leaves

alternate, odd-pinnate;

stipules present;

petiolate;

leaflets [3–](7 or)9–13(or 15), blade margins entire, surfaces glabrous or glabrate.
Inflorescences

25–75-flowered, terminal and axillary, racemes and panicles;

bracts present.
Flowers

papilionaceous;

calyx campanulate, lobes 5;

corolla pink to reddish purple;

stamens 10, diadelphous;

anthers dorsifixed, uniform.
Fruits

legumes (drupaceous), stipitate, pendent, plump, ovoid or subglobose, indehiscent, glabrous.
Seed

1, ellipsoid to subglobose or ovoid.
x

= 10.

Andira
Distribution
from USDA
Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Africa [Introduced, Florida]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 29 (1 in the flora).

Attribution of the generic name to Lamarck, instead of Jussieu, was clarified by R. T. Pennington (2002) and R. K. Brummitt (2004).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. Authors: Velva E. Rudd†, Michael A. Vincent.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae
Subordinate taxa
A. inermis
Name authority Lamarck: Encycl. 1: 171. (1783) — name conserved
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