Sweetia
Genus of legumes
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Sweetia fruticosa is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.[2] It is the only member of the genus Sweetia (though some sources also include Sweetia atrata Mohlenbr.).[3][4] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae, mainly on the basis of flower morphology;[5] recent molecular phylogenetic analyses assigned Sweetia fruticosa into an informal, monophyletic clade called the "vataireoids".[6][7]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Vataireoids |
| Genus: | Sweetia Spreng. (1825), nom. cons. |
| Species: | S. fruticosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sweetia fruticosa Spreng. (1825) | |
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