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 ...
. It includes 9 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. They grow in seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, thicket, and riverine forest.
Several Amazonian species formerly classed in ''Poelicanthe'' were reclassified into the new genera '' Amphiodon'' and ''
Limadendron
''Limadendron'' is a genus of small trees in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species native to northern South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Peru.
* '' Poecilanthe boliviana''
* '' Poecilanthe falcata'' (Vell.) Heringer
* ''
Poecilanthe fluminensis
''Poecilanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 9 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. They grow in seasonally ...
Poecilanthe parviflora
''Poecilanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 9 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. They grow in seasonally ...