Alexa (plant)

Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America.[3] Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.[4]

Alexa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Angylocalyceae
Genus: Alexa
Moq. (1849)
Species[1][2][3]
  • Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke
  • Alexa canaracunensis Pittier
  • Alexa confusa Pittier
  • Alexa cowanii Yakovlev
  • Alexa grandiflora Ducke
  • Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez
  • Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill.
  • Alexa leiopetala Sandwith
  • Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev
  • Alexa wachenheimii Benoist
Synonyms[3]

Alexandra R.H.Schomb. (1845), nom. illeg.

Species

Ten species are accepted:[3]

  • Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke - southern Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Alexa canaracunensis Pittier – southern Venezulela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
  • Alexa confusa Pittier – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (Roraima)
  • Alexa cowanii Yakovlev – eastern Venezuela and Guyana
  • Alexa grandiflora Ducke – northern Brazil
  • Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez – southern Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill. – Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
  • Alexa leiopetala Sandwith – Guyana
  • Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev – Guyana and Suriname
  • Alexa wachenheimii Benoist – Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana

References
  1. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Alexa". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Alexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. Alexa Moq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. 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. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.

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