Jupunba alexandri

Jupunba alexandri (synonym Abarema alexandri) is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae.^[3] It is a tree endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.

Jupunba alexandri
Isotype K000297430, collected in Jamaica in 1849
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Jupunba
Species:	J. alexandri
Binomial name
Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose
Varieties
Jupunba alexandri var. alexandri Jupunba alexandri var. troyana (Urb.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci
Synonyms[2]
Abarema alexandri (Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes Pithecellobium alexandri (Urb.) Urb. Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri Urb.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1900 as Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri by Ignatz Urban,^[2][4] who redescribed it in 1908 as Pithecellobium alexandri.^[2][5] The name accepted for this species by most authorities^[2][6][7][8] is Jupunba alexandri (Urb.) Britton & Rose, a name given in 1928 by the American botanists, Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.^[9]

Varieties

Two varieties are accepted.^[2]

• Jupunba alexandri var. alexandri
• Jupunba alexandri var. troyana (Urb.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci