Macrolobium Explained
Macrolobium is a legume genus in the subfamily Detarioideae. It is a tropical genus with about 80 species. Half occur in Brazil, where they are common in the floodplains of the Amazonian Basin. Members of the genus are used as ornamentals and for their wood.[1]
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2021:
- Macrolobium acaciifolium
- Macrolobium acrothamnos
- Macrolobium amplexans
- Macrolobium angustifolium
- Macrolobium anomalum
- Macrolobium aracaense
- Macrolobium archeri
- Macrolobium arenarium
- Macrolobium bifolium
- Macrolobium brevense
- Macrolobium campestre
- Macrolobium canaliculatum
- Macrolobium cataractarum
- Macrolobium cidii
- Macrolobium colombianum
- Macrolobium conjunctum
- Macrolobium costaricense
- Macrolobium cowanii
- Macrolobium defloccatum
- Macrolobium discolor
- Macrolobium dressleri
- Macrolobium duckeanum
- Macrolobium evenulosum
- Macrolobium exfoliatum
- Macrolobium extensum
- Macrolobium flexuosum
- Macrolobium floridum
- Macrolobium froesii
- Macrolobium furcatum
- Macrolobium gracile
- Macrolobium grallator
- Macrolobium guianense
- Macrolobium hartshornii
- Macrolobium herrerae
- Macrolobium huberianum
- Macrolobium inaequale
- Macrolobium ischnocalyx
- Macrolobium jenmanii
- Macrolobium klugii
- Macrolobium latifolium
- Macrolobium limbatum
- Macrolobium longeracemosum
- Macrolobium longipedicellatum
- Macrolobium longipes
- Macrolobium machaerioides
- Macrolobium microcalyx
- Macrolobium modicopetalum
- Macrolobium molle
- Macrolobium montanum
- Macrolobium multijugum
- Macrolobium obtusum
- Macrolobium palustre
- Macrolobium parvifolium
- Macrolobium pendulum
- Macrolobium pittieri
- Macrolobium prancei
- Macrolobium punctatum
- Macrolobium retusum
- Macrolobium rigidum
- Macrolobium rubrum
- Macrolobium savannarum
- Macrolobium schinifolium
- Macrolobium simira
- Macrolobium spectabile
- Macrolobium stenocladum
- Macrolobium stenopetalum
- Macrolobium stenosiphon
- Macrolobium steyermarkii
- Macrolobium suaveolens
- Macrolobium taxifolium
- Macrolobium taylorii
- Macrolobium trinitense
- Macrolobium unifoliolatum
- Macrolobium urupaense
- Macrolobium venulosum
- Macrolobium wurdackii
Notes and References
- Feitoza, G. V., Santos, J. U. M. D., Gurgel, E. S. C., & Oliveira, D. M. T. (2014). Morphology of fruits, seeds, seedlings and saplings of three species of Macrolobium Schreb.(Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) in the Brazilian Amazon floodplain. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 28(3), 422-433.
