''Leptolobium'' is a small

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

genus of plants in the family

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, 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.

Species

''Leptolobium'' comprises the following species: *Section ''Leptolobium'' (Vogel) Yakovlev **'' Leptolobium araguaiense'' Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo **'' Leptolobium dasycarpum'' Vogel **'' Leptolobium elegans'' Vogel **'' Leptolobium glaziovianum'' (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G.Azevedo **'' Leptolobium multijugum'' Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo **'' Leptolobium nitens'' Vogel **'' Leptolobium panamense'' (Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo **'' Leptolobium parvifolium'' (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo **'' Leptolobium stirtonii'' (G.A. Aymard & V. González) Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G **'' Leptolobium tenuifolium'' Vogel *Section ''Mesitis'' (Vogel) Yakovlev **'' Leptolobium bijugum'' Vogel **'' Leptolobium brachystachyum''(Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo

References

Leptolobieae Fabaceae genera Flora of the Neotropical realm {{Faboideae-stub