Centrolobium
Centrolobium | |
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Centrolobium fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
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
- PMID 11250829.
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- ^ ISSN 0363-6445.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Centrolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Centrolobium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the originalon 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- Data related to Centrolobium at Wikispecies
- Media related to Centrolobium at Wikimedia Commons