''Petaladenium urceoliferum'' 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 family
. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus ''Petaladenium''.
It produces three chemical compounds in its leaves that are not found in other members of the
Amburaneae: (2''S'',4''S'',5''R'')-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy
pipecolic acid
Pipecolic acid (piperidine-2-carboxylic acid) is an organic compound with the formula HNC5H9CO2H. It is a carboxylic acid derivative of piperidine and, as such, an amino acid, although not one encoded genetically. Like many other Ī±-amino acids, p ...
, (2''S'',4''R'',5''S'')-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, and (2''S'',4''R'',5''R'')-4-hydroxy-5-methoxypipecolic acid. ''Petaladenium urceoliferum'' is unique among legumes in having fimbriateāglandular wing petals.
References
Amburaneae
Monotypic Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke
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