Aldina
Genus of legumes
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Aldina is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests. It is included in the Andira clade.[2]
| Aldina | |
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| Aldina latifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Andira clade |
| Genus: | Aldina Endl. (1841) |
| Species[1] | |
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17; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allania Benth. (1840) | |
Species
Aldina comprises the following species:[3][4]
- Aldina amazonica M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina aurea Cowan
- Aldina berryi Cowan & Steyerm.
- Aldina discolor Benth.
- Aldina elliptica Cowan
- Aldina heterophylla Benth.
- Aldina insignis (Benth.) Endl.
- Aldina kunhardtiana Cowan
- Aldina latifolia Benth.
- Aldina macrophylla Benth.
- Aldina microphylla M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina occidentalis Ducke
- Aldina paulberryi G.A. Aymard
- Aldina petiolulata Cowan
- Aldina polyphylla Ducke
- Aldina reticulata Cowan
- Aldina yapacanensis Cowan
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:[4]
- Aldina aquae-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina barnebyana M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina diplogyne Stergios & Aymard
- Aldina polycarpa Stergios & Aymard
- Aldina rio-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina speciosa M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Aldina stergiosii M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
