Biology:Wallaceodendron

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Wallaceodendron
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Wallaceodendron celebicum in greenhouse at Huntington Gardens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Wallaceodendron
Koord. (1898)
Species:
W. celebicum
Binomial name
Wallaceodendron celebicum
Koord. (1898)

Wallaceodendron celebicum is species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the Philippines and Sulawesi. Typical habitat is tropical coastal and inland rain forest from sea level to 850 meters elevation.[1] It is the sole species in genus Wallaceodendron. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]

Timber from the tree, known as banúyo (ironwood) or derham mahogany, is used for furniture, cabinet making, and flooring.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wallaceodendron Koord. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. 

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