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! [[Image:IMG_0262b.jpg|thumb|center|300px|''Bauhinia variagata'' is commonly cultivated on the streets of San José. This species shows the characteristic leaf shape of the genus and flower type of the subfamily.]] | ! [[Image:IMG_0262b.jpg|thumb|center|300px|''Bauhinia variagata'' is commonly cultivated on the streets of San José. This species shows the characteristic leaf shape of the genus and flower type of the subfamily.]] | ||
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! [[Image:IMG_0679b.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Monkey ladder lianas growing in the seasonally dry forest of Lomas Barbudal preserve in Guanacaste.]] | ! [[Image:IMG_0679b.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Monkey ladder lianas growing in the seasonally dry forest of Lomas Barbudal preserve in Guanacaste.]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:41, 2 April 2012

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Pea Family – Caesalpinoid Subfamily
For additional information see Fabaceae.
Description: the Caesalpinioideae of this region are all woody, either trees or lianas. Leaf shape in this subfamily is variable. All even-pinnate legumes without glands on the leaves are Caesalpinioideae (even-pinnate means that the compound leaf lacks a terminal leaflet). Caesalpinioid leaves can also be bifid (e.g., Bauhinia) or bipinnately compound (though none of the genera in this area are). The flowers of Caesalpinioideae are generally only subtly asymmetrical.
Economic uses: Delonix regia, native to Madagascar, is a popular ornamental in tropical areas worldwide. Some Neotropical Caesalpinioideae are also cultivated for their showy flowers, and others are important timber trees.
Descripción: las Caesalpinioideae de esta zona son leñosas, árboles o bejucos. La forma de la hoja puede variar. Todas las Fabaceas con hojas paripinnadas sin glándulas son Caesalpinioideae (hojas paripinnadas son las hojas pinnaticompuestas que carecen de un foliolo terminal). Las hojas también pueden ser bífidas (p. ej. Bauhinia) o bipinnadas (aunque los géneros de La Selva no lo son). Las flores de las Caesalpinioideae usualmente son sutilmente asimétricas.
Usos económicos: Delonix regia, originalmente de Madagascar, es un árbol ornamental que se cultiva en todas las zonas tropicales. Algunas Caesalpinioideae de este hemisfério también se cultiva por sus flores llamativas. Otras son maderables.
Genera/species at La Selva: 8/13:
Lianas: Bauhinia (2)
Trees: Brownea (1), Cassia (1), Macrolobium (1), Prioria (1), Senna (5), Sclerolobium (1), Tachigali (1).
FIELD MARKS – alternate, simple, bifoliate, paripinnate (usually), or bipinnate leaves, conspicuous part of flower the petals, flowers more or less radially symmetrical, seeds normally stacked transversely like a roll of life-savers. No nectaries, except in some Senna and Cassia.
Bauhinia – simple bilobed leaves resembling the split hoof of a cow, lianas with undulating stems have earned the common name “monkey ladder”.
For additional information see Fabaceae.
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