Biology:Cleobulia

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Cleobulia
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Cleobulia

Mart. ex Benth. (1837)
Species[2]
  • Cleobulia coccinea (Vell.) L.P.Queiroz
  • Cleobulia crassistyla R.H.Maxwell
  • Cleobulia diocleoides Benth.
  • Cleobulia leiantha Benth.
Synonyms[2]

Cheobula Vell. (1829), orth. var.

Cleobulia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species of vines, lianas, or shrubs native to southwestern Mexico and Brazil. Habitats include Amazon rainforest, seasonally dry forest, and montane oak and pine forest.[2]

  • Cleobulia coccinea (Vell.) L.P.Queiroz – a climber native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil
  • Cleobulia crassistyla R.H.Maxwell – a shrub native to southwestern Mexico (Guerrero)
  • Cleobulia diocleoides Benth. – a climber native to southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais)
  • Cleobulia leiantha Benth. – a climber native to northern Brazil (Pará)

References

  1. "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol 90: 1–19. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cleobulia Mart. ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

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