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Table 5 Density (plants ha−1) of Leguminosae species and indication of the nodulation potential of specie, in tropical forest fragments with different ages (Y young, O old) in the northeast of Brazil

From: Contributions of Leguminosae to young and old stands of neotropical forests under different environmental conditions

Sub-family-tribe-species

Nodulation1

Y

O

Humid coastal

Detarioideae

Detarieae/Hymenaea courbaril L.

0

5

Dialioideae

   

Cassieae/Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel) J.F. Macbr.

2

95

Caesalpinioideae

Mimosoida**

Ingeae/Albizia pedicellaris (DC.) L. Rico

+

0

5

Albizia polycephala (Benth.) Killip ex Record

+

85

0

Albizia saman (Jacq.) F. Muell.

+

25

0

Abarema cochliacarpos (Gomes) Barneby & J.W. Grimes

(+)

0

15

Inga cayennensis Sagot ex Benth.

+

0

2

Inga cf. ingoides (Rich.) Willd.

+

128

0

Inga thibaudiana DC.

+

0

5

Inga sp.

(+)

0

8

Papilionoideae

Dalbergieae/Andira nitida Mart. ex Benth.

+

2

12

Machaerium hirtum (Vell.) Stellfeld

+

30

0

Sophoreae/Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth

+

2

28

Swartzieae/Swartzia pickelii Killip ex Ducke

(+)

8

0

Leguminosae indeterminada 1

s.i.

0

2

Leguminosae indeterminada 2

s.i.

2

0

Sub-humid, high fertility, deciduous

Cercidoideae

Cercideae/Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud.

15

72

Caesalpinioideae

Cassieae/Senna cf. spectabilis (DC.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

15

0

Caesalpinieae/Poincianella pyramidalis (Tul.) L.P. Queiroz

262

278

Mimosoida**

Mimoseae/Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan

+

50

225

Mimosa arenosa (Willd.) Poir.

+

118

7

Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth.) Ducke

+

268

28

Acacieae/Senegalia cf. polyphylla (DC.) Britton & Rose

(−)

0

8

Senegalia tenuifolia (L.) Britton & Rose

(−)

0

8

Ingeae/Chloroleucon cf. foliolosum (Benth.) G.P. Lewis

+

0

80

Sub-humid low fertility, deciduous

Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinieae/Poincianella pyramidalis (Tul.) L.P. Queiroz

30

0

Mimosoida**

Mimoseae/Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.

+

575

990

Acacieae/Senegalia sp.1

(−)

0

182

Senegalia sp.2

(−)

25

215

Humid montane

Cercidoideae

Cercideae/Bauhinia cf. forficata Link

(−)

0

10

Detarioideae

Detarieae/Copaifera langsdorffii Desf.

268

15

Hymenaea courbaril L.

82

40

Caesalpinioideae

Cassieae/Senna macranthera (DC. ex Collad.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

10

0

Senna sp.

(−)

0

5

Mimosoida**

Mimoseae/Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan

+

0

15

Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth.) Ducke

+

5

0

Parapiptadenia zehntneri (Harms) M.P. Lima & H.C. Lima

+

0

12

Ingeae/Albizia cf. polycephala (Benth.) Killip ex Record

+

45

2

Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong

+

2

0

Inga thibaudiana DC.

+

15

0

Papilionoideae

Swartzieae/Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm.

0

10

Dalbergieae/Machaerium sp.

(+)

0

2

Platymiscium floribundum Vogel

+

80

10

Leguminosae indeterminada 3

s.i

2

0

Leguminosae indeterminada 4

s.i

0

50

Semi-arid, high fertility, deciduous

Cercidoideae

Cercideae/Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud.

85

115

Caesalpinioideae

   

Cassieae/Senna macranthera (DC. ex Collad.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

0

2

Caesalpinieae/Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P. Queiroz

3

2

Poincianella pyramidalis (Tul.) L.P. Queiroz

25

142

Mimosoida**

Mimoseae/Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan

+

13

70

Mimosa ophtalmocentra Mart. ex Benth

+

0

8

Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.

+

612

28

Parapiptadenia zehntneri (Harms) M.P. Lima & H.C. Lima

+

0

32

Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth.) Ducke

+

5

30

Ingeae/Chloroleucon dumosum (Benth.) G.P. Lewis

+

0

8

Papilionoideae

Swartzieae/Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm.

0

10

Semi-arid, low fertility, deciduous

Cercidoideae

Cercideae/Bauhinia acuruana Moric.

0

72

Caesalpinioideae

Cassieae/Senna sp.

(−)

78

18

Mimosoida**

Acacieae/Senegalia langsdorffii (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger

(−)

258

290

Ingeae/Chloroleucon dumosum (Benth.) G.P. Lewis

+

8

2

Papilionoideae

   

Sophoreae/Bowdichia cf. virgilioides Kunth

+

8

2

Swartzieae/Swartzia psilonema Harms

(+)

8

5

  1. + nodulating, − non-nodulating, (+)/(−) probably nodulating or not based on nodulation information for the genera, s.i. no information
  2. 1Information about the occurrence of nodulation: Faria and Lima (1998), Freitas et al. (2010, 2015), Gehring et al. (2005), Sprent (2009)
  3. **Former Mimosoideae sub-family (LPWG 2017)