Macrolobium

Macrolobium
Macrolobium taxifolium flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Genus: Macrolobium
Species

About 80, see text

Synonyms
  • Outea Aubl.
  • Pseudovouapa Britton & Rose
  • Vouapa Aubl.

Macrolobium is a legume genus in the subfamily Detarioideae. 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]

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


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