Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.[1][2]
- Lecointea amazonica Ducke
- Lecointea guianensis M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Lecointea hatschbachii Barneby
- Lecointea lasiogyne (Barneby) M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- Lecointea marcano-bertii Barneby
- Lecointea ovalifolia J.F.Macbr.
- Lecointea peruviana Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.
| Lecointea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Exostyleae |
| Genus: | Lecointea Ducke (1922) |
| Species[1] | |
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7; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Beliceodendron Lundell (1975) | |
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.[1]
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.[3] It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Lecointea Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Lecointea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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