Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Tribe: Ingeae
Genus: Chloroleucon
(Benth.) Britton & Rose[1]
Species

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Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia.[1] The name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."[2]

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  3. 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Chloroleucon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-04-26.

External links

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