Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon
	Chloroleucon tortum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
(unranked):	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Chloroleucon; (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Type species
	Chloroleucon vincentis; (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Chloroleucum Britton & Rose ex Record; Pithecellobium sect. Chloroleucon Benth.;

Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia.^[2] The name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."^[3]

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)^[4]

Formerly placed here

Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (as C. ebano (Berland.) L.Rico)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b "Genus: Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. 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.
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Chloroleucon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2013-04-26.

External links

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[6subfamilies-1] 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.

[GRIN-2] "Genus: Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

[3] Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.

[GRINSpecies-4] "GRIN Species Records of Chloroleucon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2013-04-26.

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