Angylocalyx

Angylocalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Angola, Tanzania, and Kenya.[1]

Angylocalyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Angylocalyceae
Genus: Angylocalyx
Taub. (1896)
Species[1]

7; see text

The following species are accepted:[1][2][3]

  • Angylocalyx boutiqueanus L. Touss.
  • Angylocalyx braunii Harms
  • Angylocalyx oligophyllus (Baker) Baker f.
  • Angylocalyx pynaertii De Wild.
  • Angylocalyx schumannianus Taub.
  • Angylocalyx talbotii Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Angylocalyx vermeulenii De Wild.

Members of this genus accumulate hydroxypipecolic acids and iminosugars in their leaves.[4]

References

  1. Angylocalyx Taub. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Angylocalyx". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Angylocalyx". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  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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