Jupunba alexandri


Jupunba alexandri is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1900 as Pithecellobium jupunba var. alexandri by Ignatz Urban, who redescribed it in 1908 as Pithecellobium alexandri. The name accepted for this species by most authorities is Jupunba alexandri, a name given in 1928 by the American botanists, Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.

Varieties

Two varieties are accepted.Jupunba alexandri var. alexandri