Ormocarpum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 17 species native to tropical and southern Africa and parts of India, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and the South Pacific.[1] The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[3][4]

Ormocarpum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Dalbergioids
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Ormocarpum
P.Beauv. (1806)
Species[1]

17; see text

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Acrotaphros Steud. ex A.Rich. (1848)
  • Diphaca Lour. (1790)
  • Rathkea Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
  • Saldania Sim (1909)
  • Solulus Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl.

Species

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Ormocarpum comprises the following species:[1][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ormocarpum P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Ormocarpum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. hdl:10566/3193.
  5. ^ Thulin M, Lavin M (2001). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Ormocarpum Group (Fabaceae): A New Genus Zygocarpum from the Horn of Africa Region". Syst Bot. 26 (2): 299–317. JSTOR 2666709.
  6. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Ormocarpum". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Ormocarpum". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 February 2014.