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Sweetia
Sign in to saveSweetia fruticosa is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. It is the only member of the genus Sweetia (though some sources also include Sweetia atrata Mohlenbr.). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae, mainly on the basis of flower morphology; recent molecular phylogenetic analyses assigned Sweetia fruticosa into an informal, monophyletic clade called the "vataireoids".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: Molecular studies place Sweetia as part of the Vataireoid Use: Sweetia fruticosa Spreng. (mani) is considered a future
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- F, NY, NHMUK, CM, UFS, UEL
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Brasil, Mexico, Panama
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Sweetia fruticosa is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. It is the only member of the genus Sweetia (though some sources also include Sweetia atrata Mohlenbr.). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae, mainly on the basis of flower morphology; recent molecular phylogenetic analyses assigned Sweetia fruticosa into an informal, monophyletic clade called the "vataireoids".
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sweetia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.