Melanoxylum
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Genus of legumes
| Melanoxylum | |
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| Flowers and seed pods of the Brauna tree | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Melanoxylum Schott (1822) |
| Species: | M. brauna
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoxylum brauna Schott (1827)
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| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Melanoxylum is genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Melanoxylum brauna, the yellow-flowered brauna tree. It is native to eastern Brazil.[2] The genus is part of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Melanoxylum Schott. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 6 September 2023
- ^ a b Melanoxylum brauna Schott. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon . 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3 . hdl:10568/90658 .
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