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Calopogonium
Sign in to saveCalopogonium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species, which range through the tropical Americas from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America to northeastern Argentina. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: Calopogonium and Pachyrhizus were traditionally placed
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 394
- With media
- 197
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- UNICACH, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, CAS, IBUNAM, BRIT, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines, Brazil, Brasil
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Calopogonium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species, which range through the tropical Americas from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America to northeastern Argentina. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species of Calopogonium have been introduced to other regions, including tropical Africa, India, southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calopogonium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.