Lecointea
Genus of legumes
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Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.[1][2]
- Lecointea amazonica Ducke
- Lecointea guianensis M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Lecointea hatschbachii Barneby
- Lecointea lasiogyne (Barneby) M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Lecointea marcano-bertii Barneby
- Lecointea ovalifolia J.F.Macbr.
- Lecointea peruviana Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.
| Lecointea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Exostyleae |
| Genus: | Lecointea Ducke (1922) |
| Species[1] | |
|
7; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Beliceodendron Lundell (1975) | |
Its native range stretches from south-eastern Mexico to southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Lecointea is in honour of Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), a French botanist who worked in Brazil. He was also the director of a museum in Belém.[3] It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.[1]
