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Macroptilium

Macroptilium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

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Macroptilium
Macroptilium lathyroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Millettioids
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Phaseolinae
Genus: Macroptilium
(Benth.) Urb.
Type species
Macroptilium lathyroides
(L.) Urb.
Species

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Macroptilium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Species

Macroptilium is made up of 19 species segregated into two monophyletic sections.12

Section Macroptilium

Section Microcochle

  • Macroptilium arenarium
  • Macroptilium cochleatum
  • Macroptilium fraternum
  • Macroptilium gibbosifolium (Ortega) A. Delgado
  • Macroptilium martii
  • Macroptilium pedatum
  • Macroptilium prostratum
  • Macroptilium psammodes
  • Macroptilium sabaraense
  • Macroptilium supinum


References

References

  1. Espert SM, Drewes SI, Burghardt AD (2007). "Phylogeny of Macroptilium (Leguminosae): morphological, biochemical and molecular evidence". Cladistics. 23 (2): 119–129. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00140.x. hdl:11336/29387. PMID 34905850. S2CID 85112562.
  2. Delgado-Salinas A, Lewis GP (2008). "A new species of Macroptilium (Benth.) Urb. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseolinae) from North-Eastern Brazil". Kew Bull. 63 (1): 151–154. Bibcode:2008KewBu..63..151D. doi:10.1007/s12225-007-9010-x. S2CID 11603199.
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