''Grazielodendron riodocensis'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the
legume family,
Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
, and was recently assigned to the informal
monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the
Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...
.
It is the only member of the genus ''Grazielodendron''. It is only found in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The genus name of ''Grazielodendron'' is in honour of
Graziela Maciel Barroso
Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912-2003) was a Brazilian botanist noted for being a leading expert on the flora of Brazil, as well as a specialist of Compositae. She was Chairman and Professor of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of ...
(1912–2003), a Brazilian botanist, and also "'dendron" (δένδρον) which is the Greek word for "tree". The Latin
specific epithet of '' riodocensis'' refers ''Rio Doce'' or
Doce River in Brazil.
''Grazielodendron riodocensis'' was first described and published in Bradea Vol.3 on page 401 in 1983.
References
Dalbergieae
Plants described in 1983
Flora of Brazil
Monotypic Fabaceae genera
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