Discolobium

Discolobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae[1][2]
Genus: Discolobium
Benth.
Species[3][4]
  • Discolobium elongatum Benth.
  • Discolobium hirtum Benth.
  • Discolobium junceum Micheli
  • Discolobium leptophyllum Benth.
  • Discolobium paucijugum Kuntze
  • Discolobium psoraliifolium Benth.
  • Discolobium pulchellum Benth.
  • Discolobium tocantinum Ducke

Discolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE. (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. PMID 11250829.
  2. 1 2 Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowskie 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.
  3. ↑ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Discolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Discolobium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 10 February 2014.


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