Lonchocarpus

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This article is about Lonchocarpus Kunth 1824. For Lonchocarpus Dunn 1911, see Millettia.

Lonchocarpus
Lonchocarpus sericeus, the type species of the genus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Millettioids
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Lonchocarpus
Kunth (1824)
Species

See list of Lonchocarpus species

Synonyms[1]
  • Capassa Klotzsch (1861)
  • Clompanus Aubl. (1775), nom. rej.
  • Cyanobotrys Zucc. (1845)
  • Icthyoctonum Boivin ex Baill. (1884)
  • Neuroscapha Tul. (1843)
  • Terua Standl. & F.J.Herm. (1949)
  • Willardia Rose (1891)

Lonchocarpus is a plant genus in the legume family (Fabaceae). It includes 166 species native to the tropical Americas, tropical Africa, and Madasgascar.[1] The species are called lancepods due to their fruit resembling an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string.

Cubé resin is produced from the roots of

tumors,[3] and Lonchocarpus root is used to a probably insignificant extent by indigenous peoples as an aid in fish stunning, e.g. by the Nukak
who call it nuún.

The bark of

Maya people's traditional stingless bees
.

Certain insects have

cryptic species complex which seems to have acquired this trait only quite recently in its evolutionary history and is known to be found on L. costaricensis and L. oliganthus.[4]

The type species is Lonchocarpus sericeus.[5]

Species

Main article: List of Lonchocarpus species

Selected species include:

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Lonchocarpus Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ Caboni et al. (2004)
  3. ^ Udeani et al. (1997)
  4. ^ Hébert et al. (2004), Brower et al. (2006)
  5. ^ "Lonchocarpus - Genus Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Plants". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

References

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