Biology:Discolobium

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Discolobium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Discolobium
Benth. (1837)
Species[1][2]
  • Discolobium hirtum Benth.
  • Discolobium junceum M.Micheli
  • Discolobium leptophyllum Benth.
  • Discolobium paucijugum Harms ex Kuntze
  • Discolobium psoraleifolium Benth.
  • Discolobium pulchellum Benth.
  • Discolobium tocantinum Ducke

Discolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4] It includes seven species native to South America, ranging from northern Brazil to Bolivia and northern Argentina.[2]

References

  1. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Discolobium". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Discolobium&species~. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Discolobium Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August 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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