''Lecointea'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the family
. It contains the following species:
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Lecointea amazonica
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* ''Lecointea ovalifolia'' J.F. Macbr.
* ''Lecointea peruviana'' J.F. Macbr.
* ''Lecointea tango'' (Standl.) E ...
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Ducke
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Lecointea ovalifolia
''Lecointea ovalifolia'' is a flowering plant of the family Fabaceae found exclusively in Peru
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J.F. Macbr.
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Lecointea peruviana
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* '' Lecointea ovalifolia'' J.F. Macbr.
* '' Lecointea peruviana'' J.F. Macbr.
* '' Lecointea tango'' (Standl. ...
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J.F. Macbr.
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Lecointea tango
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* '' Lecointea ovalifolia'' J.F. Macbr.
* ''Lecointea peruviana'' J.F. Macbr.
* '' Lecointea tango'' (Standl.) ...
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(Standl.) Emygdio & A.G. Andrade
Its native range stretches from south-eastern Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
The genus name of ''Lecointea'' is in honour of Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), a French botanist who worked in Brazil. He was also the director of a museum in
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...
.
It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.
References
Exostyleae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fabaceae genera
Plants described in 1922
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of northern South America
Flora of western South America
Flora of Brazil
Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke
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