Pterocarpus dubius

Pterocarpus dubius is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae native to Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil in northern South America.[2]

Pterocarpus dubius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Pterocarpus
Species:
P. dubius
Binomial name
Pterocarpus dubius
(Kunth) Spreng. (1827)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ecastaphyllum dubium Kunth (1824)
  • Etaballia dubia (Kunth) Rudd in Phytologia 20: 427 (1970)
  • Etaballia guianensis Benth. (1840)

Pterocarpus dubius is a tree which grows up to 30 meters tall. It grows in semi-deciduous and evergreen lowland tropical forests.[1]

It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[3][4] It was formerly classed as the sole species in genus Etaballia.[5][6]

References
  1. Groom, A. 2012. Etaballia dubia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19891877A20073250. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891877A20073250.en. Accessed 1 August 2023.
  2. Pterocarpus dubius (Kunth) Spreng. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 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.
  5. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Etaballia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  6. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Etaballia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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