Archidendron bigeminum

Archidendron bigeminum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Archidendron
Species: A. bigeminum
Binomial name
Archidendron bigeminum
(L.) I.C.Nielsen
Synonyms

Numerous, see text

Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in the 1998 IUCN Redlist reviewed Abarema bigemina and Pithecellobium gracile as Vulnerable species[2]. These are nowadays both considered junior synonyms of Archidendron bigeminum[3]. It may be that the Indian population consists of a smaller-growing variety than that on Sri Lanka.

The complete list of junior synonyms is:[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Abarema bigemina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/30843. Retrieved 1 October 2009. 
  2. ^ WCMC (1998a,b)
  3. ^ a b ILDIS (2005)

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