Arcoa

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: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Arcoa
Species: A. gonavensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arcoa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 20. Reference page.

Name

Arcoa Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 4. (1923)

Monotypic taxon

References

Urban, I. 1923. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 19: 4.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Arcoa. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 21 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Arcoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jan. 2016.
Genus Arcoa in Kew Scientific Database - Legumes of the World Online (LOWO), archieved entry in Wayback Machine

Arcoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Arcoa is monotypic, with the single species Arcoa gonavensis. It is endemic to Hispaniola.
References

The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.