Aldina

Faboideae
Aldina latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
(unranked): Andira clade[1]
Genus: Aldina
Endl.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Aldina Adans.

Aldina is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests.

Species

Aldina comprises the following species:[2][3]

  • Aldina amazonica M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina aurea Cowan
  • Aldina berryi Cowan & Steyerm.
  • Aldina discolor Benth.
  • Aldina elliptica Cowan
  • Aldina heterophylla Benth.
  • Aldina insignis (Benth.) Endl.
  • Aldina kunhardtiana Cowan
  • Aldina latifolia Benth.
  • Aldina macrophylla Benth.
  • Aldina microphylla M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina occidentalis Ducke
  • Aldina paulberryi G.A. Aymard
  • Aldina petiolulata Cowan
  • Aldina polyphylla Ducke
  • Aldina reticulata Cowan
  • Aldina yapacanensis Cowan

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[3]

  • Aldina aquae-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina barnebyana M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina diplogyne Stergios & Aymard
  • Aldina polycarpa Stergios & Aymard
  • Aldina rio-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina speciosa M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina stergiosii M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev

References

  1. ↑ Ramos G, de Lima HC, Prenner G, de Queiroz LP, Zartman CE, Cardoso D (2016). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian genus Aldina, a phylogenetically enigmatic ectomycorrhizal lineage of papilionoid legumes". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 97: 11–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.017. PMID 26748266.
  2. ↑ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Aldina". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "The Plant List entry for Aldina". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2016.


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