Geoffroea
Geoffroea | |
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Flowering Geoffroea decorticans in detail | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Dalbergieae |
Genus: | Geoffroea Jacq. (1760)
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Type species | |
Geoffroea spinosa Jacq.
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Species[1][2][3] | |
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Key:[3]
Range of Geoffroea decorticans.
Range of Geoffroea spinosa.
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Geoffroea is a rather small genus of wild spiny shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical South America. Although it gathers few species, they are highly extended geographically throughout the subcontinent. Each species is well known in its local area, as seen from the varied (and mostly domestic) usage of these trees as food, timber, or fuel. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within the Dalbergieae.[4][5]
References
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Geoffroea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ a b Geoffroea Jacq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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- PMID 11250829.
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