View source for Gymnocladus

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|accepted_name=Gymnocladus
|accepted_authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Encycl.
|place=1: 733. 1785
|year=1785
|other_info_on_pub=name conserved
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|common_names=Coffee-tree;chicot
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideaeexcludingmimosoidclade;Gymnocladus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideaeexcludingmimosoidclade]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gymnocladus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek gymnos, naked, and klados, branch, alluding to appearance of seemingly dead branches in winter
|volume=Volume 11
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> unarmed, dioecious, pubescent on young growth and reproductive parts. <b>Stems</b> erect, stout, glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, even- or irregularly-bipinnate; stipules present [absent], subulate; petiolate; pinnae 3–10 pairs, proximalmost reduced to single leaflets, opposite, subopposite, or alternate; stipels absent or present, subulate; leaflets 6–14[–30], irregular, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent abaxially when young, glabrous or glabrescent adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> 15–50-flowered, terminal, racemes or panicles; bracts and bracteoles usually absent, sometimes present, minute. <b>Flowers</b> caesalpinioid, hypanthium elongate; calyx tubular, lobes 5; corolla whitish, appearing apetalous; stamens 10, distinct; anthers dorsifixed. <b>Fruits</b> legumes, sessile, compressed, turgid, oblong, curved slightly with abrupt point, tardily dehiscent, woody, pulpy between seeds, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 2–5, subglobose to somewhat flattened. <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;e North America;Asia (China);introduced in South America;Europe;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Roasted seeds of Gymnocladus were formerly used as a coffee substitute (J. P. Spaeth and J. W. Thieret 2004). D. H. Janzen and P. S. Martin (1982) suggested that Gymnocladus seeds were once dispersed by now extinct megafauna with which they coevolved. Its wood is durable, has a desirable appearance when polished, and is used for cabinets, fence posts, and construction (T. S. Elias 1980).</p>
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name=Gymnocladus
|author=Derick B. Poindexter;Daniel Adams;Alan S. Weakley
|authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fabaceae
|distribution=c;e North America;Asia (China);introduced in South America;Europe;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Encycl.
|publication year=1785
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideaeexcludingmimosoidclade
|genus=Gymnocladus
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