Biology:Zygocarpum

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Zygocarpum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Zygocarpum
Thulin & Lavin (2001)[1]
Species[2]
  • Zygocarpum caeruleum (Balf.f.) Thulin & Lavin
  • Zygocarpum dhofarense (Hillc. & J.B.Gillett) Thulin & Lavin
  • Zygocarpum gillettii (Thulin) Thulin & Lavin
  • Zygocarpum rectangulare (Thulin) Thulin & Lavin
  • Zygocarpum somalense (J.B.Gillett) Thulin & Lavin
  • Zygocarpum yemenense (J.B.Gillett) Thulin & Lavin
Zygocarpum distribution.svg
  Zygocarpum caeruleum
(red arrow pointing to island of Socotra)
  Zygocarpum dhofarense
  Zygocarpum yemenense
  Zygocarpum somalense
  Zygocarpum gillettii
  Zygocarpum rectangulare

Zygocarpum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes six species of shrubs and small trees native to Somalia and Socotra, and to Yemen and Oman on the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Three species are endemic to Somalia, two to the Arabian Peninsula, and one to Socotra. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland, thicket, and bushland, often on limestone and less often on granite-derived or sandy soils, up to 2000 meters elevation.[2]

The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4] A dichotomous key of the species of Zygocarpum has been published.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Ormocarpum Group (Fabaceae): A New Genus Zygocarpum from the Horn of Africa Region". Syst Bot 26 (2): 299–317. 2001. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zygocarpum Thulin & Lavin. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot 88 (3): 503–33. 2001. doi:10.2307/2657116. PMID 11250829. 
  4. "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. 

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