Discolobium

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: Discolobium
Species: D. hirtum – D. junceum – D. leptophyllum – D. paucijugum – D. psoraleifolium – D. pulchellum – D. tocantinum
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Discolobium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 10. Reference page.

Name

Discolobium Benth., 1837
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

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

Bentham, G., 1837. Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus: 41

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Discolobium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Discolobium. Published online. Accessed: Nov 10 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Discolobium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov10 {{{3}}}.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Discolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4]
References

"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Discolobium". 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 Discolobium". 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.
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.