Biology:Behaimia

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Behaimia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Brongniartieae
Genus: Behaimia
Griseb. (1866)
Species:
B. cubensis
Binomial name
Behaimia cubensis
Griseb. (1866)
Behaimia distribution.svg
The distribution of Behaimia
Synonyms[2]
  • Behaimia roigii Borhidi (1978)

Behaimia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is only found in Cuba.[3][4] It has only one accepted species, Behaimia cubensis.[5] It can be distinguished from related genera, Cyclolobium and Limadendron by:

pinnately multifoliolate (vs. unifoliolate) leaves, a sessile (vs. stipitate) ovary, and an indehiscent or late dehiscent one-seeded pod.[3]

References

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