Amphiodon

This article is about the legume genus. For the defunct fish genus, see Goldeye.
Amphiodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Brongniartieae[1][2]
Genus: Amphiodon
Huber[3]
Species: A. effusus
Binomial name
Amphiodon effusus
Huber[3]
Synonyms
  • Poecilanthe effusa (Huber) Ducke

Amphiodon effusus is a species of legume in the subfamily Faboideae. It is found in non-flooded areas of the Amazon rainforest.[2] It is the only member of the genus Amphiodon.[4][5]

References

  1. Cardoso D, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, de Lima HC, Fonty É, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M. (2012). "Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: new insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages". Am J Bot 99 (12): 1991–2013. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200380.
  2. 1 2 Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski 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. 1 2 Huber J. (1909). "Materiaes para a flora amazônica VII. Plantae Duckeanae austro-guyanenses" 5 (2). pp. 398–399.
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Amphiodon". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  5. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Amphiodon". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 30, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.