| Lecointea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Exostyleae |
| Genus: | Lecointea Ducke (1922) |
| Species1 | |
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Beliceodendron Lundell (1975) | |
Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.12
- Lecointea amazonica Ducke
- Lecointea guianensis M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Lecointea hatschbachii Barneby
- Lecointea lasiogyne (Barneby) M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Lecointea marcano-bertii Barneby
- Lecointea ovalifolia J.F.Macbr.
- Lecointea peruviana Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.
Its native range stretches from south-eastern Mexico to southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.1
The genus name of Lecointea is in honour of Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), a French botanist who worked in Brazil. He was also the director of a museum in Belém.3 It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.1
References
References
- "Lecointea Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Lecointea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.