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Macrosamanea

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Macrosamanea

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Macrosamanea is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees and shrubs native to northern South America. The genus is most diverse and numerous in the Amazon Basin, extending into the Orinoco basin and the Guianas. Typical habitat is tropical rain forest, mostly riparian and seasonally-flooded. Two species are native to seasonally-inundated wooded grassland (savanna) on sandy soils. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toBrazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
72
With media
12
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
NY, MO, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UFS, UEFS
Recorded in
Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Brasil, Guyana

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Parent taxon
Ingeae
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taxon name
Macrosamanea
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Category:Macrosamanea
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Macrosamanea is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees and shrubs native to northern South America. The genus is most diverse and numerous in the Amazon Basin, extending into the Orinoco basin and the Guianas. Typical habitat is tropical rain forest, mostly riparian and seasonally-flooded. Two species are native to seasonally-inundated wooded grassland (savanna) on sandy soils. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

==Species== Macrosamanea includes the following species: Macrosamanea amplissima Macrosamanea consanguinea Macrosamanea discolor Macrosamanea duckei Macrosamanea froesii Macrosamanea kegelii Macrosamanea macrocalyx Macrosamanea prancei Macrosamanea pubiramea Macrosamanea simabifolia Macrosamanea spruceana

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