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Limadendron

Limadendron is a genus of small trees in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species native to northern South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Peru. The genus was recently separated from the genus Poecilanthe. It belongs to the tribe Brongniartieae.

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Limadendron
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
Tribe: Brongniartieae
Genus: Limadendron
Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo (2014)1
Species1
  • Limadendron amazonicum (Ducke) Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo
  • Limadendron hostmannii (Benth.) Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo
The distribution of Limadendron.

Limadendron is a genus of small trees in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species native to northern South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Peru.2 The genus was recently separated from the genus Poecilanthe.13 It belongs to the tribe Brongniartieae.14

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References

  1. Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM (2014). "Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America". Plant Syst Evol. 301 (2): 701–707. doi:10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7.
  2. Limadendron Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM, Lavin M (2014). "A phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data reveals a paraphyletic Poecilanthe (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Syst Bot. 39 (4): 1142–1149. doi:10.1600/036364414X683912.
  4. de Queiroz LP, São Mateus W, Delgado-Salinas A, Torke BM, Lewis GP, Dorado Ó, Ardley JK, Wojciechowski MF, Cardoso D (2017). "A molecular phylogeny reveals the Cuban enigmatic genus Behaimia as a new piece in the Brongniartieae puzzle of papilionoid legumes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 191–202. Bibcode:2017MolPE.109..191Q. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.001. PMID 28089794.