Abrus
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| Abrus | |
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| Abrus precatorius | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
| Clade: | Millettioids |
| Tribe: | Abreae Hutch. |
| Genus: | Abrus Adans. (1763)[1] |
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17; see text | |
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Abrus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, and the only genus in the tribe Abreae. It contains 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species: jequirity (A. precatorius). The highly toxic seeds of that species are used to make jewellery.[3][4][5]
Species range naturally across tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, south and southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and Australia. Some species have been introduced to the tropical Americas.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Abrus aureus R.Vig. (Madagascar)
- Abrus baladensis Thulin (Somalia)
- Abrus bottae Deflers (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- Abrus canescens Welw. ex Baker (Africa)
- Abrus cantoniensis Hance (China)
- Abrus diversifoliatus Breteler (Madagascar)
- Abrus fruticulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. (India)
- Abrus gawenensis Thulin (Somalia)
- Abrus kaokoensis Swanepoel & Kolberg (Namibia)[6]
- Abrus laevigatus E.Mey. (Southern Africa)
- Abrus longibracteatus Labat (Laos, Vietnam)
- Abrus madagascariensis R.Vig. (Madagascar)
- Abrus melanospermus Hassk. (Tropical & Subtropical Asia to SW. Pacific)
- Abrus parvifolius (R.Vig.) Verdc. (Madagascar)
- Abrus precatorius L. - Jequirity (Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia)
- Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Voigt (Africa)
- Abrus sambiranensis R.Vig. (Madagascar)
- Abrus schimperi Hochst. ex Baker (Africa)
- Abrus somalensis Taub. (Somalia)
- Abrus wittei Baker f. (Zaire)
References
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