Leptolobium is a small
Neotropical genus of plants in the family
Fabaceae, with 12 species currently recognized. With the exception of Leptolobium panamense, which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, all species of Leptolobium are restricted to South America and most diverse in Brazil. Most Leptolobium species have been traditionally included in Acosmium Schott (Fabaceae), but both genera have been recently distinguished based on several vegetative and reproductive traits.[1][2][3][4][5]
Species
Leptolobium comprises the following species:[6][7][8]
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^Rodrigues RS, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG (2008). "Systematic relevance of seedling morphology in Acosmium, Guianodendron, and Leptolobium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Brittonia. 60 (3): 287–296.
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^Rodrigues RS, de Azevedo Tozzi AMG (2010). "Two new species of Leptolobium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) from Brazil". Brittonia. 62 (1): 20–25.
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^Cardoso D, de Lima HC, Rodrigues RS, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, Lavin M (2012). "The Bowdichia clade of Genistoid legumes: Phylogenetic analysis of combined molecular and morphological data and a recircumscription of Diplotropis". Taxon. 61 (5): 1074–1087.
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^"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Leptolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 February 2014.