Biology:Limadendron

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Limadendron
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Brongniartieae
Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo (2014)[1]
Genus: Limadendron
Species[1]
  • Limadendron amazonicum (Ducke) Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo
  • Limadendron hostmannii (Benth.) Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo
Limadendron distribution.svg
The distribution of Limadendron.

Limadendron is a genus of small trees in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species native to northern South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Peru.[2] The genus was recently separated from the genus Poecilanthe.[1][3] It belongs to the tribe Brongniartieae.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America". Plant Syst Evol 301 (2): 701–707. 2014. doi:10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7. 
  2. Limadendron Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. "A phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data reveals a paraphyletic Poecilanthe (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Syst Bot 39 (4): 1142–1149. 2014. doi:10.1600/036364414X683912. 
  4. "A molecular phylogeny reveals the Cuban enigmatic genus Behaimia as a new piece in the Brongniartieae puzzle of papilionoid legumes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 191–202. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.001. PMID 28089794. 

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