Collaea

Collaea
Collaea spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Diocleae
Genus: Collaea
DC. (1826)
Species[1]

Collaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae.[2] It includes five species native to the southern tropical South America, ranging from Peru to northeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina.[1]

  • Collaea aschersoniana (Taub.) Burkart – scrambling subshrub or shrub native to southern Brazil
  • Collaea cipoensis Fortunato – a shrub native to southeastern Brazil
  • Collaea insignis M.J.Silva – a shrub native to west-central Brazil (northeastern Goiás and Brasília)
  • Collaea speciosa (Loisel.) DC. – a shrub native to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, eastern and southern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina
  • Collaea stenophylla (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. – a subshrub or shrub native to southeastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina

References

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  1. ^ a b Collaea DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.


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