Vataireopsis

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Vataireopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Vataireoids
Genus: Vataireopsis
Ducke (1932)
Species[1][2][3]

Vataireopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species of small to emergent trees, native to northern South America, ranging from Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas to Bolivia and southern Brazil. They grow in tropical lowland rain forest, in both the Amazon and Atlantic Forest.[3]

It belongs to the subfamily

molecular phylogenetic analyses assigned Vataireopsis into an informal, monophyletic clade called the "vataireoids".[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Vataireopsis". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Vataireopsis". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory
    , Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Vataireopsis Ducke. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. ISBN 9780855212247
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  5. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001
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  6. PMID 23378491
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