''Lecointea'' is a 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 ...](_blank)
. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
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* '']Lecointea amazonica
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* ''Lecointea guianensis''
* ''Lecointea hatschbachii''
* ''Lecointea lasiogyne''
* ...
'' Ducke
* ''Lecointea guianensis
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* '' Lecointea guianensis''
* '' Lecointea hatschbachii''
* '' Lecointea lasiogyne'' ...
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* ''Lecointea hatschbachii
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* ''Lecointea guianensis''
* '' Lecointea hatschbachii''
* '' Lecointea lasiogyne'' ...
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* ''Lecointea lasiogyne
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* ''Lecointea guianensis''
* ''Lecointea hatschbachii''
* '' Lecointea lasiogyne''
...
''
* ''Lecointea marcano-bertii
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
* ''Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* ''Lecointea guianensis''
* ''Lecointea hatschbachii''
* ''Lecointea lasiogyne''
* ...
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* ''Lecointea ovalifolia
''Lecointea ovalifolia'' is a flowering plant of the family Fabaceae found exclusively in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east b ...
'' J.F.Macbr.
* '' Lecointea peruviana'' Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.
Its native range stretches from south-eastern Mexico to southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[
The genus name of ''Lecointea'' is in honour of Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), a French botanist who worked in Brazil. He was also the director of a museum in ]Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...
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References
Exostyleae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke
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