Cascaronia
Genus of legumes
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Cascaronia astragalina is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole member of the genus Cascaronia.[2] It is a spindly shrub or multi-stemmed tree native to southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It grows in seasonally dry subtropical forests, at forest margins, and along rivers.[3]
| Cascaronia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dalbergieae |
| Genus: | Cascaronia Griseb. |
| Species: | C. astragalina |
| Binomial name | |
| Cascaronia astragalina Griseb. | |
Cascaronia belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and has been recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[4][5]
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