Pterodon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees native to Brazil and Bolivia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland (cerrado), and thorn shrubland (caatinga), often on rocky outcrops.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
| Pterodon | |
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| Pterodon emarginatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dipterygeae |
| Genus: | Pterodon Vogel (1837) |
| Species[1] | |
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Four; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Commilobium Benth. (1837) | |
Pterodon can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae as follows:
the leaf rachis is exalate, the fruit is a cryptosamara with oil glands in the epicarp, the seed testa is smooth and the raphe is apparent, with the hilum in a lateral position covered by an aril and a smooth embryo.[2]
Species edit
Four species are accepted:[1][3][4]
- Pterodon abruptus (Moric.) Benth.
- Pterodon apparicioi Pedersoli
- Pterodon emarginatus Vogel
- Pterodon pubescens (Benth.) Benth.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Pterodon Vogel". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Gonçalves Leite V, Freitas Mansano V, Pádua Teixeira S (2014). "Floral ontogeny in Dipterygeae (Fabaceae) reveals new insights into one of the earliest branching tribes in papilionoid legumes". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 529–550. doi:10.1111/boj.12158.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Pterodon". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Pterodon". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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