Aldina Explained
Aldina is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests. It is included in the Andira clade.[1]
Species
Aldina comprises the following species:[2] [3]
- Aldina amazonica M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina aurea Cowan
- Aldina berryi Cowan & Steyerm.
- Aldina discolor Benth.
- Aldina elliptica Cowan
- Aldina heterophylla Benth.
- Aldina insignis (Benth.) Endl.
- Aldina kunhardtiana Cowan
- Aldina latifolia Benth.
- Aldina macrophylla Benth.
- Aldina microphylla M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina occidentalis Ducke
- Aldina paulberryi G.A. Aymard
- Aldina petiolulata Cowan
- Aldina polyphylla Ducke
- Aldina reticulata Cowan
- Aldina yapacanensis Cowan
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:[3]
- Aldina aquae-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina barnebyana M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina diplogyne Stergios & Aymard
- Aldina polycarpa Stergios & Aymard
- Aldina rio-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina speciosa M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina stergiosii M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Notes and References
- Ramos G, de Lima HC, Prenner G, de Queiroz LP, Zartman CE, Cardoso D . 2016 . Molecular systematics of the Amazonian genus Aldina, a phylogenetically enigmatic ectomycorrhizal lineage of papilionoid legumes . . 97 . 11–18 . 26748266 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.017 . 2016MolPE..97...11R .
- Web site: GRIN species records of Aldina . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081015021807/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?366 . 15 October 2008 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: The Plant List entry for Aldina . 2013 . . . 28 August 2016 .
