Macrolobium

Macrolobium
	Macrolobium taxifolium flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Detarieae
Genus:	Macrolobium
Species
	About 80, see text

Macrolobium is a legume genus in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. 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]

Macrolobium acaciifolium (Benth.) Benth.
Macrolobium acrothamnos Cowan
Macrolobium amplexans
Macrolobium angustifolium (Benth.) Cowan
Macrolobium anomalum Cowan
Macrolobium archeri Cowan
Macrolobium arenarium Ducke
Macrolobium bifolium (Aubl.) Pers.
Macrolobium brevense Ducke
Macrolobium campestre Huber
Macrolobium canaliculatum Benth.
Macrolobium cataractarum Cowan
Macrolobium colombianum (Britton & Killip) Uribe
Macrolobium conjunctum Cowan
Macrolobium costaricense W.C.Burger
Macrolobium crassifolium A.Chev. – Validity doubtful
Macrolobium defloccatum Cowan
Macrolobium discolor Benth.
Macrolobium dressleri Cowan
Macrolobium duckeanum Cowan
Macrolobium evenulosum Cowan
Macrolobium exfoliatum Cowan
Macrolobium extensum Cowan
Macrolobium flexuosum Benth.
Macrolobium floridum H.Karst.
Macrolobium foldatsii Cowan
Macrolobium froesii Cowan
Macrolobium furcatum Ducke
Macrolobium gracile Benth.
Macrolobium guianense (Aubl.) Pulle
Macrolobium hartshornii Cowan
Macrolobium herrerae Zarucchi
Macrolobium huberianum Ducke
Macrolobium ischnocalyx Harms
Macrolobium jenmanii (Gleason) Sandwith
Macrolobium klugii Cowan

Macrolobium latifolium Vogel
Macrolobium limbatum Benth.
Macrolobium longeracemosum Amshoff
Macrolobium longipedicellatum Ducke
Macrolobium longipes Cowan
Macrolobium machaerioides Killip & J.F.Macbr.
Macrolobium microcalyx Ducke
Macrolobium modicopetalum Schery
Macrolobium molle (Benth.) Cowan
Macrolobium montanum Ducke
Macrolobium multijugum (DC.) Benth.
Macrolobium obtusum Pittier
Macrolobium palustre Ducke
Macrolobium parvifolium (Huber) Cowan
Macrolobium pendulum Vogel
Macrolobium pittieri
Macrolobium punctatum Benth.
Macrolobium retusum Huber
Macrolobium rigidum Cowan
Macrolobium rubrum Cowan
Macrolobium savannarum Cowan
Macrolobium schinifolium Cowan
Macrolobium spectabile Cowan
Macrolobium stenocladum Harms
Macrolobium stenopetalum
Macrolobium stenosiphon Harms
Macrolobium steyermarkii Cowan
Macrolobium suaveolens Benth.
Macrolobium taxifolium Benth.
Macrolobium taylorii
Macrolobium trinitense Urb.
Macrolobium unifoliolatum Cowan
Macrolobium urupaense Hoehne
Macrolobium venulosum Benth.
Macrolobium wurdackii Cowan

Footnotes

^ 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.
^ ILDIS (2005)

References

International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Macrolobium. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-JAN-25.

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[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)

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