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Myrospermum
Sign in to saveMyrospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northeastern Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical to subtropical woodland and bushland, often on rocky hillsides and along rivers and streams. Myrospermum frutescens – central Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela Myrospermum sousanum – northeastern Mexico
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: Molecular data indicate Myrospermum to be in a monophyletic
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, F, MO, TEX, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
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- taxon name
- Myrospermum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Myrospermum
- taxon common name
- myrospermum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Myrospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northeastern Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical to subtropical woodland and bushland, often on rocky hillsides and along rivers and streams. Myrospermum frutescens – central Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela Myrospermum sousanum – northeastern Mexico
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myrospermum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.