Acosmium

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Acosmium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Sophoreae Genus: Acosmium Schott
Species
Acosmium cardenasii Acosmium diffusissimum Acosmium lentiscifolium

Acosmium is a South America genus of Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Three species are currently recognized. Most Acosmium species are now belonging to Leptolobium (Fabaceae), and one species transferred to Guianodendron (Fabaceae).

[edit] References

• Rodrigues, Rodrigo Schütz, Tozzi, Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo. (2007). Morphological analysis and re-examination of the taxonomic circumscription of Acosmium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae). Taxon 56(2): 439-452.
• Rodrigues, Rodrigo Schütz, Tozzi, Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo. (2006). Guianodendron, a new genus of Leguminosae from South America. Novon 16(1): 130-133.

[edit] External links

• [1] Grupo de Pesquisas Sistemática e Morfologia de Angiospermas - Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.