Aldina

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Swartzieae
Genus: Aldina
Species: A. aurea – A. barnebyana – A. berryi – A. diplogyne – A. discolor – A. elliptica – A. heterophylla – A. insignis – A. kunhardtiana – A. latifolia – A. macrophylla – A. microphylla – A. occidentalis – A. paulberryi – A. petiolulata – A. polyphylla – A. reticulata
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aldina (Fabaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page.

Name

Aldina Endl., 1840
Synonyms

Allania Benth., Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2: (1840) 91

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Northern South America

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Endlicher, S.L. 1836–1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. (pp I–LX, 1–1484). Vindobonae (Vienna). BHL Reference page. : 1322

Additional references

Cardoso, D., São-Mateus, W.M., da Cruz, D.T., Zartman, C.E., Komura, D.L., Kite, G., Prenner, G., Wieringa, J.J., Clark, A., Lewis, G. & Pennington, R.T. 2015. Filling in the gaps of the papilionoid legume phylogeny: The enigmatic Amazonian genus Petaladenium is a new branch of the early-diverging Amburaneae clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 112–124. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.015 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aldina in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aldina. Published online. Accessed: Jun 04 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Aldina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04.
Hassler, M. 2021. Aldina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Aldina). Aldina (Fabaceae). Accessed: 04 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

Aldina is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests.
Species

Aldina comprises the following species:[2][3]

Aldina amazonica M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Aldina aurea Cowan
Aldina berryi Cowan & Steyerm.
Aldina discolor Benth.
Aldina elliptica Cowan
Aldina heterophylla Benth.
Aldina insignis (Benth.) Endl.
Aldina kunhardtiana Cowan
Aldina latifolia Benth.
Aldina macrophylla Benth.
Aldina microphylla M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Aldina occidentalis Ducke
Aldina paulberryi G.A. Aymard
Aldina petiolulata Cowan
Aldina polyphylla Ducke
Aldina reticulata Cowan
Aldina yapacanensis Cowan

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[3]

Aldina aquae-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Aldina barnebyana M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Aldina diplogyne Stergios & Aymard
Aldina polycarpa Stergios & Aymard
Aldina rio-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Aldina speciosa M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
Aldina stergiosii M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev

References

Ramos G, de Lima HC, Prenner G, de Queiroz LP, Zartman CE, Cardoso D (2016). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian genus Aldina, a phylogenetically enigmatic ectomycorrhizal lineage of papilionoid legumes". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 97: 11–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.017. PMID 26748266.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Aldina". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
"The Plant List entry for Aldina". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2016.