Abarema glauca

Abarema glauca, the glaucous abarema, is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Abarema glauca is found most easily on the east coast of Dominican Republic, in Uvero Alto, north of Punta Cana.

Abarema glauca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Abarema
Species:
A. glauca
Binomial name
Abarema glauca
(Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Synonyms
  • Jupunba glauca (Urb.) Britton & Rose
  • Jupunba savannarum (Britton) Britton & Rose
  • Pithecellobium glaucum Urb.
  • Pithecellobium savannarum Britton

Names

Common rural names are: caracolí, nijaguao, paují (Pittier), jijaguao, and merey montañero (Hoyos).

Footnotes
  1. Freid, E.H. & Timyan, J. 2022. Abarema glauca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T202822105A202880893. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T202822105A202880893.en. Accessed on 24 July 2022.

References
  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Abarema glauca. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
  • Areces-Mallea, A.E. (1998). "Pithecellobium savannarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31646A9649880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31646A9649880.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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