Limadendron

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.^[2] The genus was recently separated from the genus Poecilanthe.^[1][3] It belongs to the tribe Brongniartieae.^[1][4]

Limadendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Brongniartieae Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo (2014)[1]
Genus:	Limadendron
Species[1]
Limadendron amazonicum (Ducke) Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo Limadendron hostmannii (Benth.) Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo
The distribution of Limadendron.

References

1. Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM (2014). "Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America". Plant Syst Evol. 301 (2): 701–707. doi:10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7.
2. Limadendron Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM, Lavin M (2014). "A phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data reveals a paraphyletic Poecilanthe (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Syst Bot. 39 (4): 1142–1149. doi:10.1600/036364414X683912.
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. Bibcode:2017MolPE.109..191Q. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.001. PMID 28089794.