Caetangil is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It is named after the Brazilian singers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil for their cultural contributions and support of environmental causes.[1] It includes two species of subshrubs native to South America, ranging from northern Brazil through Bolivia and Paraguay to northeastern Argentina.[2]
- Caetangil chacoensis L.P.Queiroz – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
- Caetangil paraguariensis (Chodat & Hassl.) L.P.Queiroz – northern Brazil through Bolivia and Paraguay to northeastern Argentina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Caetangil L.P.Queiroz (2020)[1] |
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References
edit- ^ a b Queiroz, Luciano P.; Oliveira, Ana C.S.; Snak, Cristiane (2020). "Disentangling the taxonomy of the Galactia-Camptosema- Collaea complex with new generic circumscriptions in the Galactia clade (Leguminosae, Diocleae)". Neodiversity. 13 (1): 56–94 [81]. doi:10.13102/neod.131.3. S2CID 229676913.
- ^ a b Caetangil L.P.Queiroz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.