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Panurea

Panurea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to Colombia and northern Brazil. They grow in the lowland tropical Amazon rainforest on white sand. The genus belongs to tribe Ormosieae in subfamily Faboideae.

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Panurea
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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: Ormosieae
Genus: Panurea
Spruce ex Benth. & Hook. f. (1865)
Species1
  • Panurea bowdichioides C.H.Stirt. ex Povydysh & M.Yu.Gontsch.
  • Panurea longifolia Spruce ex Benth.

Panurea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to Colombia and northern Brazil. They grow in the lowland tropical Amazon rainforest on white sand.1 The genus belongs to tribe Ormosieae2 in subfamily Faboideae.3

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  1. Panurea Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. hdl:10566/3193.
  3. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Panurea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 22 May 2014.