Biology:Fissicalyx

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Fissicalyx
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Fissicalyx
Benth. (1860)
Species:
F. fendleri
Binomial name
Fissicalyx fendleri
Benth. (1860)
Synonyms[1]

Monopteryx jahnii Pittier (1915)

Fissicalyx fendleri is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana to northern Brazil. It grows in humid lowland forest.[1]

It belongs to subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3] It is the only member of the genus Fissicalyx.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fissicalyx fendleri Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot 88 (3): 503–33. 2001. doi:10.2307/2657116. PMID 11250829. 
  3. "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. 
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Fissicalyx". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Fissicalyx&species~. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
  5. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Fissicalyx". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4685. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 

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