Myrocarpus Explained

Myrocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees native to tropical South America, ranging from Venezuela to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include wet to seasonally-dry tropical lowland forest and woodland.

It contains the following species:[1] [2]

Members of this genus produce hydroxypipecolic acids in their leaves.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Myrocarpus . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 30 January 2014 .
  2. Web site: GRIN species records of Myrocarpus . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 30 January 2014 .
  3. Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC . 2015 . Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume . Phytochemistry . 116 . 198–202 . 25817832 . 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. 2015PChem.116..198K .

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