Biology:Monopteryx
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Short description: Genus of legumes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dipterygeae |
| Genus: | Monopteryx Spruce ex Benth. (1862) |
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Monopteryx is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees native to the Amazon rainforest of northern South America, ranging through parts of Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and French Guiana. They grow in non-inundated lowland tropical rain forest on sandy soil.[1] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae. Members of this genus produce hydroxypipecolic acids in their leaves.[2]
Monopteryx can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae by the fact that:
the two adaxial sepals are almost completely united and cover the floral bud.[3]
References
- ↑ Monopteryx Spruce ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ↑ "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochemistry 116: 198–202. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.
- ↑ "Floral ontogeny in Dipterygeae (Fabaceae) reveals new insights into one of the earliest branching tribes in papilionoid legumes". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (4): 529–550. 2014. doi:10.1111/boj.12158.
Wikidata ☰ Q5222560 entry
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