Discolobium

Discolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4] It includes seven species native to South America, ranging from northern Brazil to Bolivia and northern Argentina.[2]

Discolobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Discolobium
Benth. (1837)
Species[1][2]
  • Discolobium hirtum Benth.
  • Discolobium junceum M.Micheli
  • Discolobium leptophyllum Benth.
  • Discolobium paucijugum Harms ex Kuntze
  • Discolobium psoraleifolium Benth.
  • Discolobium pulchellum Benth.
  • Discolobium tocantinum Ducke

References
  1. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Discolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. Discolobium Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  4. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
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