Pentaclethra
| Pentaclethra | |
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| Pentaclethra macroloba tree in Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Mimosoideae |
| Tribe: | Mimoseae |
| Genus: | Pentaclethra |
| Species | |
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Pentaclethra macroloba | |
Pentaclethra is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Some genus members occur in the Central American region; for example P. macroloba is the dominant tree in certain seasonal swamp forests in coastal areas of the Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests.[1]
References
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests. Encyclopedia of Earth and World Wildlife Fund National Council of Science and the Environment, eds. Mark Mcginley and Cutler Cleveland
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