''Alexa'' (plant)

Alexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Angylocalyceae[1]
Genus: Alexa
Species[2][3]
  • Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke
  • Alexa canaracunensis Pittier
  • Alexa confusa Pittier
  • Alexa cowanii Yakovlev
  • Alexa grandiflora Ducke
  • Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez
  • Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill.
  • Alexa leiopetala Sandwith
  • Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev
  • Alexa wachenheimii Benoist

Alexa is a genus of legumes. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.[4]

References

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  4. ↑ Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochemistry. 116: 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.


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