Brachycylix

Taxonomy

Brachycylix (H.A.T. Harms) R.S. Cowan Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. C. 78: 464. 1975.

Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae.
Phylogenetic Number: 1.4.52.
Tribe: Detarieae.
Group: Brownea.
Species Studied - Species in Genus: 1 studied; 1 in genus.

Description

Fruit: A legume; unilocular; 21 cm long; 3 cm wide; 0.8 cm thick; 2–9 times longer than wide; with deciduous androecial sheath; with deciduous corolla; with deciduous calyx; without orifice formed by curving of fruit or fruit segments; curved; not plicate; not twisted; asymmetrical; linear; with both sutures parallelly curved; not inflated; flattened; without beak; tapered at apex; aligned with longitudinal axis of fruit; tapered at base; oblique with longitudinal axis of fruit; with the apex and base uniform in texture; ligneous; seed chambers externally invisible; margin not constricted; margin without sulcus; margin embellished; margin with thickened sutural areas (along ventral margin); wing(s) absent; stipitate; with the stipe 6–20 mm long. Replum invisible. Epicarp dull; monochrome; reddish brown; with surface texture uniform; densely velvety pubescent and indurate; with hairs erect; with 1 type of pubescence; velutinous (assumed); with simple hairs; eglandular; without spines; not smooth; with elevated features; veined; transversely veined relative to fruit length; not tuberculate; not exfoliating; without cracks.

Distribution

North-Central Colombia.

New World; South America (North-central Colombia).
 

Generic Notes

Only one intact (Perhaps immature) fruit was available for study.

Tribal Notes

Tribe Detarieae

Bruneau et al. (2000) carried out extensive phylogenetic analyses of tribes Amherstieae and Detarieae. They concluded that they form a single monophyletic group. Therefore, they supported Polhill's (1995a, 1995b) decision to unite the two tribes.