Fissicalyx
Genus of legumes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fissicalyx fendleri is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana to northern Brazil. It grows in humid lowland forest.[1]
| Fissicalyx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dalbergieae |
| Genus: | Fissicalyx Benth. (1860) |
| Species: | F. fendleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissicalyx fendleri Benth. (1860) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Monopteryx jahnii Pittier (1915) | |
It belongs to subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3] It is the only member of the genus Fissicalyx.[4][5]
.jpg){kind=small}