Biology:Leucochloron

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Leucochloron
Leucochloron incuriale 03.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Leucochloron
Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)
Species
  • Leucochloron foederale (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
  • Leucochloron incuriale (Vell.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
  • Leucochloron limae Barneby & J.W.Grimes
  • Leucochloron minarum (Glaz. & Harms) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

Leucochloron is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species native to Brazil.[1] It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]

  • Leucochloron foederale (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – west-central and southeastern Brazil
  • Leucochloron incuriale (Vell.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – southeastern and southern Brazil
  • Leucochloron limae Barneby & J.W.Grimes – northeastern Brazil (Bahia)
  • Leucochloron minarum (Glaz. & Harms) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – eastern Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leucochloron Barneby & J.W.Grimes. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6534093 entry