Macropsychanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the tribe Diocleae, subfamily Faboideae.[3] The genus has 47 species with a pantropical distribution, ranging through the tropical Americas from southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina, west and central Africa, Madagascar, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland.[2]
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| Macropsychanthus edulis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Diocleae |
| Genus: | Macropsychanthus Harms[1] |
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Luzonia Elmer (1907) | |
Taxonomy edit
Many species of Dioclea were transferred to the genus Macropsychanthus as a result of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020.[4]
Species edit
As of August 2021[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Macropsychanthus apiculatus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus aureus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus bicolor (Hoffmanns. ex Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus circinatus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus comosus (G.Mey.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus coriaceus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus dictyoneurus (Diels) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus dolichobotrys Holthuis
- Macropsychanthus duckei L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus edulis (Kuhlm.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus erectus (Hoehne) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus ferrugineus Merr.
- Macropsychanthus flexuosus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus funalis (Poepp.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus glabrus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus grandiflorus (Mart. ex Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus grandistipulus (L.P.Queiroz) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus haughtii (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus hexander (Ralph) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus hispidimarginatus (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus huberi (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus jamesonii (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus javanicus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus latifolius (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus lauterbachii Harms
- Macropsychanthus macrocarpus (Huber) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus malacocarpus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus marginatus (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus megacarpus (Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus mindanaensis Merr.
- Macropsychanthus mollicomus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus pulcher (Moldenke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus purpureus (Elmer) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus rigidus (R.S.Cowan) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus ruddiae (R.H.Maxwell) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus rufescens (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus scaber (Rich.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus schimpffii (Diels) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus schottii (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus sclerocarpus (Ducke) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus ucayalinus (Harms) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus umbrinus (Elmer) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus violaceus (Mart. ex Benth.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
- Macropsychanthus wilsonii (Standl.) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
References edit
- ^ a b "Macropsychanthus Harms", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-08-28
- ^ a b Macropsychanthus Harms. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.
- ^ de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci & Snak, Cristiane (2020). "Revisiting the taxonomy of Dioclea and related genera (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), with new generic circumscriptions". PhytoKeys (164): 67–114. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.164.55441. PMC 8359005. PMID 34531697.
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