Paramacrolobium

Paramacrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Paramacrolobium coeruleum.

Paramacrolobium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Paramacrolobium
J.Léonard (1954)
Species:
P. coeruleum
Binomial name
Paramacrolobium coeruleum
(Taub.) J.Léonard (1954)
Synonyms[2]
  • Macrolobium coeruleoides De Wild. (1907)
  • Macrolobium coeruleum (Taub.) Harms (1915)
  • Macrolobium dawei Hutch. & Dalziel (1928)
  • Vouapa coerulea Taub. (1894)

The species is native to portions of western, central, and eastern Africa, from Guinea in the west to Kenya and Tanzania in the east, and south to Angola.[2]

References
  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Paramacrolobium coeruleum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T144291263A149030940. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144291263A149030940.en. Accessed 13 December 2022.
  2. Paramacrolobium coeruleum (Taub.) J.Léonard Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 12 December 2022.
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