Martiodendron
M. mediterraneum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Martiodendron
Gleason (1935)
Species[1]
  • Martiodendron elatum (Ducke) Gleason
  • Martiodendron excelsum (Benth.) Gleason
  • Martiodendron fluminense Lombardi
  • Martiodendron mediterraneum (Mart. ex Benth.) Köppen
  • Martiodendron parviflorum (Amshoff) Köppen
Synonyms[1]
  • Martia Benth. (1840), orth. var.
  • Martiusia Benth. (1840), nom. illeg.

Martiodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees native to northern South America, from southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and Peru to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest, often periodically inundated, in both the Amazon and Atlantic forests, as well as seasonally-dry forest and wooded grassland (savanna), up to 600 meters elevation.[1] The genus belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martiodendron Gleason. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
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