Biology:Duparquetia

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Duparquetia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Duparquetioideae
Legume Phylogeny Working Group [2]
Genus: Duparquetia
Baill.
Species:
D. orchidacea
Binomial name
Duparquetia orchidacea
Baill.
Synonyms
  • Duparquetiinae H.S.Irwin & Barneby
  • Oligostemon Benth.

Duparquetia orchidacea is a liana which is native to tropical west Africa. It is the only species in the subfamily Duparquetioideae. It is found in humid tropical forests in West and Central Africa.[2] It is a basal member of the Fabaceae, as evidenced by the distinctive structure of its flowers and wood, and phylogenetic studies.[3]

References

  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Duparquetia orchidacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T144257627A149036870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144257627A149036870.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144257627/149036870. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. 
  3. "Towards unlocking the deep nodes of Leguminosae: Floral development and morphology of the enigmatic Duparquetia orchidacea (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae)", Am J Bot 95 (11): 1349–65, 2008, doi:10.3732/ajb.0800199, PMID 21628144 

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