Leucomphalos

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: Sophoreae
Genus: Leucomphalos
Species: L. brachycarpus – L. callicarpus – L. capparideus – L. discolor – L. libericus – L. mildbraedii
Name

Leucomphalos Benth. ex Planch. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 4: t. 784. (1848)

Type species: Leucomphalos capparideus Benth. ex Planch. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 4: t. 784. (1848)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Baphiastrum Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 435 (1913) when circumscribed as the monospecific Baphiastrum brachycarpum
Bowringia Hook. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 237–238 (1853)

Note: This circumscription is a view of Leucomphalos s.l. (Breteler, 1994 & Cardoso et al, 2015), but this is may not be acceptable to all authorities (Cardoso et al, 2015 & Tropicos, 2016).
References

Bentham, G. Hooker's Icones Plantarum pl. 784.
Breteler, F.J. 1994. A revision of Leucomphalos including Baphiastrum and Bowringia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae). Wageningen Agricultural University Paper 94, 1–41.
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.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Leucomphalos. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 5 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Leucomphalos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Mar. 2015.

Leucomphalos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, found in west Africa.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Leucomphalos was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae;[3] however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Leucomphalos to the Baphieae tribe.[1][4][5][6]
Species

Leucomphalos comprises the following species:[7][8][9]

Leucomphalos brachycarpus (Harms) Breteler
Leucomphalos capparideus Planch.

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[9]

Leucomphalos discolor (J.B.Hall) Breteler
Leucomphalos libericus Breteler

References

Cardoso D, São-Mateus WMB, da Cruz DT, Zartman CE, Komura DL, Kite G, Prenner G, Wieringa JJ, Clark A, Lewis G, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP (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". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 84: 112–124. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.015. PMID 25575702.
"Leucomphalos". Legumes of the World. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
Polhill RM (1981). "Sophoreae". In Polhill RM, Raven PH (eds.). Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp. 213–230. ISBN 9780855212247.
Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski 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.
Pennington RT, Lavin M, Ireland H, Klitgaard B, Preston J, Hu J-M (2001). "Phylogenetic relationships of basal papilionoid legumes based upon sequences of the chloroplast trnL intron". Syst Bot. 26 (3): 537–556. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-26.3.537 (inactive 31 July 2022).
Cardoso D, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, de Lima HC, Fonty É, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2012). "Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: New insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages". Am J Bot. 99 (12): 1991–2013. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200380. PMID 23221500.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Leucomphalos". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Leucomphalos". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
"The Plant List entry for Leucomphalos". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2016.