Endosamara

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Endosamara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Wisterieae
Genus: Endosamara
R.Geesink[1]
Species:
E. racemosa
Binomial name
Endosamara racemosa
(Roxb.) R.Geesink[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Millettia leiogyna Kurz (1873)
  • Millettia orissae Panigrahi & S.C.Mishra (1985)
  • Millettia pallida (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Dalzell (1872)
  • Millettia racemosa (Roxb.) Benth. (1852)
  • Phaseoloides leiogynum (Kurz) Kuntze (1891)
  • Phaseoloides racemosum (Roxb.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Pongamia corcor Graham (1831), not validly publ.
  • Pongamia racemosa Graham (1831), nom. nud.
  • Robinia galuga Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. (1834), pro syn.
  • Robinia racemosa Roxb. (1832)
  • Tephrosia racemosa (Roxb.) Sweet ex Wight & Arn. (1834)
  • Wisteria pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson (1861)
  • Wisteria racemosa (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson (1861)

Endosamara is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae,[1] tribe Wisterieae.[3] Its only species is Endosamara racemosa, a liana found from South India through Indo-China to the Philippines.[1][4]

Description

Endosamara racemosa is a robust twining woody

endocarp which extends into a papery wing, 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long and 1 cm (0.4 in) wide.[3]

Taxonomy

See also: Wisterieae § Taxonomy

Endosamara racemosa was first described by William Roxburgh in 1832 in the genus Robinia.[2] It was later placed in a number of other genera, including Millettia and Wisteria, before in 1984 Robert Geesink established the new genus Endosamara for the species, based principally on the unique structure of the seeds, which have flat samara-like wings but are enclosed in endocarp.[3]

Endosamara is placed in the tribe Wisterieae, where it forms the earliest diverging clade with the genera Sarcodum and Sigmoidala. The structure of the seeds distinguishes Endosamara.[3]

Distribution

Endosamara racemosa is found from South India to the Philippines, being native to Assam, Bangladesh, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Endosamara R.Geesink". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  2. ^ a b c "Endosamara racemosa (Roxb.) R.Geesink". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ^
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  4. doi:10.6165/TAI.2003.48(2).118
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