Cascaronia

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: Dalbergieae
Genus: Cascaronia
Species: C. astragalina
Name

Cascaronia Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 100. (1879)

monotypic taxon

References

Grisebach, A.H.R. 1879. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 24: 100. BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Cascaronia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 12 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Cascaronia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 12.

Cascaronia astragalina is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[1][2] It is the only member of the genus Cascaronia.[3][4]
References

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.
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.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cascaronia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Cascaronia". 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.