Biology:Leptolobium

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Leptolobium
Acosmium dasycarpum.jpg
Leptolobium dasycarpum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Leptolobieae
Genus: Leptolobium
Vogel (1837)
Sections and species

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Leptolobium is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with 12 species currently recognized. With the exception of Leptolobium panamense, which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, all species of Leptolobium are restricted to South America and most diverse in Brazil. Most Leptolobium species have been traditionally included in Acosmium Schott (Fabaceae), but both genera have been recently distinguished based on several vegetative and reproductive traits.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

Leptolobium comprises the following species:[6][7][8]

  • Section Leptolobium (Vogel) Yakovlev
    • Leptolobium araguaiense Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
    • Leptolobium dasycarpum Vogel
    • Leptolobium elegans Vogel
    • Leptolobium glaziovianum (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G.Azevedo
    • Leptolobium multijugum Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
    • Leptolobium nitens Vogel
    • Leptolobium panamense (Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
    • Leptolobium parvifolium (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
    • Leptolobium stirtonii (G.A. Aymard & V. González) Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G
    • Leptolobium tenuifolium Vogel
  • Section Mesitis (Vogel) Yakovlev
    • Leptolobium bijugum Vogel
    • Leptolobium brachystachyum(Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo

References

  1. "Guianodendron, a new genus of Leguminosae from South America". Novon 16 (1): 130–133. 2006. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[129:GANGOL2.0.CO;2]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/37289. 
  2. "Morphological analysis and re-examination of the taxonomic circumscription of Acosmium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae)". Taxon 56 (2): 439–452. 2007. doi:10.1002/tax.562015. 
  3. "Reinstatement of the name Leptolobium Vogel (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae)". Taxon 57 (3): 980–984. 2008. doi:10.1002/tax.573027. 
  4. "Systematic relevance of seedling morphology in Acosmium, Guianodendron, and Leptolobium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Brittonia 60 (3): 287–296. 2008. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9035-y. 
  5. "Two new species of Leptolobium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) from Brazil". Brittonia 62 (1): 20–25. 2010. doi:10.1007/s12228-009-9087-7. 
  6. "The Bowdichia clade of Genistoid legumes: Phylogenetic analysis of combined molecular and morphological data and a recircumscription of Diplotropis". Taxon 61 (5): 1074–1087. 2012. doi:10.1002/tax.615012. 
  7. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Leptolobium". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Leptolobium&species~. Retrieved 12 February 2014. 
  8. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Leptolobium". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?15157. Retrieved 12 February 2014. 


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