Zollernia

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: Zollernia
Species: Z. cowanii – Z. glabra – Z. glaziovii – Z. grandifolia – Z. ilicifolia – Z. kanukuensis – Z. krukoffii – Z. magnifica – Z. modesta – Z. paraensis – Z. surinamensis
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Zollernia Wied-Neuw. & Nees, 1827

Type species: Zollernia falcata Maximilian & Nees.

Synonyms

Acidandra Mart. ex Spreng., Gen. 1: 388 (1830), nom. superfl.
Coquebertia Brongn., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. I. 30: 111 (1833)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

& Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D., 1827. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13(2): xiii

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Zollernia 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 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Zollernia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 06 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Zollernia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 06.
Hassler, M. 2021. Zollernia. 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 06. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Zollernia. Accessed: 06 Jun 2021.

Zollernia is a genus of the family Fabaceae native to Central and South America. Zollernia are trees or shrubs that flower annually.

Leaves of Zollernia ilicifolia are used medicinally as an analgesic and antiulcerogenic by the peoples of the ian Tropical Atlantic Rainforest.

References

"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Zollernia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Zollernia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 1 February 2014.