''Leptolobium'' is a small
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
genus of plants in the family
, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, all species of ''Leptolobium'' are restricted to South America and most diverse in Brazil. Most ''Leptolobium'' species have been traditionally included in ''
Acosmium
''Acosmium'' is a South America genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Three species are currently recognized. Most ''Acosmium'' species have been recently transferred to ''Leptolobium'' and one species to the South American ''Guianode ...
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Schott (Fabaceae), but both genera have been recently distinguished based on several vegetative and reproductive traits.
Species
''Leptolobium'' comprises the following species:
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Leptolobium araguaiense
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
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Leptolobium dasycarpum
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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Leptolobium elegans
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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Vogel
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Leptolobium glaziovianum
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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(Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G.Azevedo
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Leptolobium multijugum''
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Leptolobium nitens''
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Leptolobium panamense''
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Leptolobium parvifolium
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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(Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
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Leptolobium stirtonii''
(G.A. Aymard & V. González) Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G
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Leptolobium tenuifolium
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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Vogel
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(Vogel) Yakovlev
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Leptolobium bijugum
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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Vogel
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Leptolobium brachystachyum
''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with ten species currently recognized. With the exception of ''Leptolobium panamense'', which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, al ...
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(Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
References
Leptolobieae
Fabaceae genera
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