Limadendron Explained

Limadendron is a genus of small trees in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species native to northern South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Peru.^[1] The genus was recently separated from the genus Poecilanthe.^[2] It belongs to the tribe Brongniartieae.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60471015-2 Limadendron Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo
2. Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM, Lavin M . 2014 . A phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data reveals a paraphyletic Poecilanthe (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) . . 39 . 4 . 1142–1149 . 10.1600/036364414X683912 .
3. Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM . 2014 . Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America . . 301 . 2 . 701–707 . 10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7 .
4. de Queiroz LP, São Mateus W, Delgado-Salinas A, Torke BM, Lewis GP, Dorado Ó, Ardley JK, Wojciechowski MF, Cardoso D . 2017 . A molecular phylogeny reveals the Cuban enigmatic genus Behaimia as a new piece in the Brongniartieae puzzle of papilionoid legumes . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 109. 191–202. 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.001 . 28089794 . free . 2017MolPE.109..191Q .