Leptolobium

Leptolobium
Leptolobium dasycarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Leptolobieae[1][2]
Genus:	Leptolobium Vogel
Sections and Species[1][3][4]
Section Leptolobium (Vogel) Yakovlev Leptolobium araguaiense Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo Leptolobium dasycarpum Vogel Leptolobium elegans Vogel Leptolobium glaziovianum (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G.Azevedo Leptolobium multijugum Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo Leptolobium nitens Vogel Leptolobium panamense (Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo Leptolobium parvifolium (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo Leptolobium stirtonii (G.A. Aymard & V. González) Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G Leptolobium tenuifolium Vogel Section Mesitis (Vogel) Yakovlev Leptolobium bijugum Vogel Leptolobium brachystachyum(Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo

Leptolobium is a small Neotropical genus of Leguminosae (Fabaceae), with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of Leptolobium panamense (Benth.) Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo, which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, all species of Leptolobium are restricted to South America and most diverse in Brazil. Most Leptolobium species have been traditionally included in Acosmium Schott (Fabaceae), but both genera have been recently distinguished based on several vegetative and reproductive traits.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

References

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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 Leptolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
4. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Leptolobium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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6. Rodrigues RS, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2007). "Morphological analysis and re-examination of the taxonomic circumscription of Acosmium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae)". Taxon 56 (2): 439–452. JSTOR 25065799.
7. Rodrigues RS, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2008). "Reinstatement of the name Leptolobium Vogel (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae)". Taxon 57 (3): 980–984. JSTOR 27756725.
8. Rodrigues RS, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2008). "Systematic relevance of seedling morphology in Acosmium, Guianodendron, and Leptolobium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Brittonia 60 (3): 287–296. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9035-y.
9. Rodrigues RS, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG. (2010). "Two new species of Leptolobium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) from Brazil". Brittonia 62 (1): 20–25. doi:10.1007/s12228-009-9087-7.