Biology:Centrolobium

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Centrolobium
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Centrolobium fruit
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Centrolobium
Mart. ex Benth.
Species

7; see text.

Centrolobium is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[1][2] The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundance of orange peltate glands that cover most parts of the plant, and fruits that are large winged samaras to 30 cm long with a spiny basal seed chamber.[3]

Species

Centrolobium comprises the following species:[4][5][3]

  • Centrolobium microchaete (Mart. ex Benth.) H.C. Lima—canarywood, tarara amarilla
  • Centrolobium ochroxylum Rudd
  • Centrolobium paraense Tul.
  • Centrolobium robustum (Vell.) Mart. ex Benth.
  • Centrolobium sclerophyllum H.C. Lima
  • Centrolobium tomentosum Guill. ex Benth.
  • Centrolobium yavizanum Pittier—amarillo de Guayaquil

References

  1. "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot 88 (3): 503–33. 2001. doi:10.2307/2657116. PMID 11250829. 
  2. "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. http://repository.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/bitstream/10566/3193/1/Cardoso_Reconstructing-the_2013.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pirie, Michael D.; Klitgaard, Bente B.; Pennington, R. Toby (2009). "Revision and Biogeography of Centrolobium (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae)". Systematic Botany 34 (2): 345–359. doi:10.1600/036364409788606262. ISSN 0363-6445. 
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Centrolobium". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Centrolobium&species~. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
  5. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Centrolobium". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2251. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 


Wikidata ☰ Q5062982 entry