Macrolobium

Macrolobium
Macrolobium taxifolium flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Detarieae
Genus:	Macrolobium
Species
About 80, see text

Macrolobium is a legume genus in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is a tropical genus with about 80 species. Half occur in Brazil, where they are common in the floodplains of the Amazonian Basin. Members of the genus are used as ornamentals and for their wood.^[1]

Species

This is a list of species in the genus Macrolobium.^[2]

Macrolobium acaciifolium (Benth.) Benth. Macrolobium acrothamnos Cowan Macrolobium amplexans Macrolobium angustifolium (Benth.) Cowan Macrolobium anomalum Cowan Macrolobium archeri Cowan Macrolobium arenarium Ducke Macrolobium bifolium (Aubl.) Pers. Macrolobium brevense Ducke Macrolobium campestre Huber Macrolobium canaliculatum Benth. Macrolobium cataractarum Cowan Macrolobium colombianum (Britton & Killip) Uribe Macrolobium conjunctum Cowan Macrolobium costaricense W.C.Burger Macrolobium crassifolium A.Chev. – Validity doubtful Macrolobium defloccatum Cowan Macrolobium discolor Benth. Macrolobium dressleri Cowan Macrolobium duckeanum Cowan Macrolobium evenulosum Cowan Macrolobium exfoliatum Cowan Macrolobium extensum Cowan Macrolobium flexuosum Benth. Macrolobium floridum H.Karst. Macrolobium foldatsii Cowan Macrolobium froesii Cowan Macrolobium furcatum Ducke Macrolobium gracile Benth. Macrolobium guianense (Aubl.) Pulle Macrolobium hartshornii Cowan Macrolobium herrerae Zarucchi Macrolobium huberianum Ducke Macrolobium ischnocalyx Harms Macrolobium jenmanii (Gleason) Sandwith Macrolobium klugii Cowan

Macrolobium latifolium Vogel Macrolobium limbatum Benth. Macrolobium longeracemosum Amshoff Macrolobium longipedicellatum Ducke Macrolobium longipes Cowan Macrolobium machaerioides Killip & J.F.Macbr. Macrolobium microcalyx Ducke Macrolobium modicopetalum Schery Macrolobium molle (Benth.) Cowan Macrolobium montanum Ducke Macrolobium multijugum (DC.) Benth. Macrolobium obtusum Pittier Macrolobium palustre Ducke Macrolobium parvifolium (Huber) Cowan Macrolobium pendulum Vogel Macrolobium pittieri Macrolobium punctatum Benth. Macrolobium retusum Huber Macrolobium rigidum Cowan Macrolobium rubrum Cowan Macrolobium savannarum Cowan Macrolobium schinifolium Cowan Macrolobium spectabile Cowan Macrolobium stenocladum Harms Macrolobium stenopetalum Macrolobium stenosiphon Harms Macrolobium steyermarkii Cowan Macrolobium suaveolens Benth. Macrolobium taxifolium Benth. Macrolobium taylorii Macrolobium trinitense Urb. Macrolobium unifoliolatum Cowan Macrolobium urupaense Hoehne Macrolobium venulosum Benth. Macrolobium wurdackii Cowan

Footnotes

1. Feitoza, G. V., Santos, J. U. M. D., Gurgel, E. S. C., & Oliveira, D. M. T. (2014). Morphology of fruits, seeds, seedlings and saplings of three species of Macrolobium Schreb.(Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) in the Brazilian Amazon floodplain. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 28(3), 422-433.
2. ILDIS (2005)

References

• International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Macrolobium. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-JAN-25.