Chloroleucon
| Chloroleucon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Mimosoideae |
| Tribe: | Ingeae |
| Genus: | Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose[1] |
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Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia.[1] The name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."[2]
Selected species
- Chloroleucon chacoense (Burk.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – Palo Barroso (Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia)
- Chloroleucon dumosum (Benth.) G.P.Lewis
- Chloroleucon foliolosum (Benth.) G.P.Lewis
- Chloroleucon eurycyclum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Venezuela)
- Chloroleucon extortum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Brazil)
- Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose
- Chloroleucon tenuiflorum (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
- Chloroleucon tortum (Mart.) Pittier (Brazil)[3]
Formerly placed here
- Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (as C. ebano (Berland.) L.Rico)[3]
References
- 1 2 "Genus: Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Chloroleucon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
External links
Media related to Chloroleucon at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Chloroleucon at Wikispecies
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