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Cream albizia (
A. adianthifolia )
Albizia amara
There are approximately 99 accepted
species in the
legume
tree
genus
Albizia , the silk trees , sirises , or albizias .
[1]
Numerous species placed in Albizia by early authors were eventually moved to other genera, particularly
Archidendron and many other
Ingeae , as well as certain
Acacieae ,
Mimoseae , and even
Caesalpinioideae and
Faboideae .
[2]
The delimitation of
Falcataria and
Pithecellobium - close relatives of Albizia - is notoriously complex, with species having been moved between the genera time and again, and probably will continue to do so. Other closely related genera like
Chloroleucon and
Samanea are often merged with Albizia entirely.
[2]
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Albizia garrettii I.C.Nielsen
Albizia glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.
Albizia glaberrima var. glaberrima
Albizia glaberrima var. glabrescens (Oliv.) Brenan (syn. Albizia gillardinii G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique )
Albizia glaberrima var. mpwapwensis Brenan
Albizia grandibracteata Taub.
Albizia greveana (Baill.) R.Baron – endemic to Madagascar
Albizia guillainii Guillaumin
[3]
[4]
Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A.Sm. – tropical Africa and central Madagascar
Albizia gummifera var. ealensis (De Wild.) Brenan (syn. Albizia ealensis De Wild. )
Albizia gummifera var. gummifera (syn. Albizia mearnsii De Wild. )
H
I
Flowers of
pink siris (A. julibrissin )
J
Albizia jaubertiana E.Fourn.
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. – Persian silk tree, pink siris, nemu tree, bastard tamarind, Lenkoran acacia; shabkhosb (
Persian ); nemunoki, nemurinoki, nenenoki (
Japanese )
Albizia julibrissin var. julibrissin (syn. Albizia rosea Carrière )
Albizia julibrissin var. mollis (Wall.) Benth.
K
Albizia kalkora (Roxb.) Prain (syns. Albizia glabrior (Koidz.) Ohwi , A. longepedunculata Hayata , A. macrophylla (Bunge) P.C.Huang ex Chakrab. & M.Gangop. , and A. simeonis Harms ) – Kalkora mimosa
Albizia kostermansii I.C.Nielsen
L
Seedpods of
lebbeck (A. lebbeck )
M
N
O
P
Tall albizia (
A. procera ) parts drawing
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Z
Albizia zimmermannii Harms (syn. Albizia gigantea A.Chev. )
Albizia zygia (DC.) J.F.Macbr. (syns. Albizia brownei (Walp.) Oliv. . A. letestui Pellegr. , and A. welwitschioides Schweinf. ex Baker f. )
Formerly placed here
The
Moluccan Albizia is now
Falcataria falcata .
Madras Thorn is now
Pithecellobium dulce .
and others
References
International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005):
Genus Albizia . Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
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