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''Acosmium'' is a
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genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
. Three species are currently recognized. Most ''Acosmium'' species have been recently transferred to ''
Leptolobium ''Leptolobium'' is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Guianodendron ''Guianodendron praeclarum'' is a South American legume endemic to the Guiana Shield. It is the only member of the genus ''Guianodendron''. It has been segregated from '' Acosmium'' based on its unique combination of vegetative and floral traits, ...
'' while the genus ''Acosmium'' itself has been transferred from the tribe
Sophoreae The tribe (biology), tribe Sophoreae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family (biology), family Fabaceae. Traditionally this tribe has been used as a wastebasket taxon to accommodate genera of Faboideae which exhibit actinomorphic, rather t ...
to the tribe
Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...
in a monophyletic clade informally known as the ''Pterocarpus'' clade.


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Grupo de Pesquisas Sistemática e Morfologia de Angiospermas de Roraima - Universidade Federal de Roraima,
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. Dalbergieae Fabaceae genera {{Dalbergieae-stub