Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Mimosoideae
Tribe:	Ingeae
Genus:	Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose[1]
Species
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Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia.^[1] The generic name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."^[2]

Selected species

• Chloroleucon chacoense Burk.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – Palo Barroso (Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia)
• Chloroleucon eurycyclum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Venezuela)
• Chloroleucon extortum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Brazil)
• Chloroleucon tortum (Mart.) Pittier (Brazil)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13968. Retrieved 2010-03-29. 
2. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780849326752. http://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC&. 

External links

Media related to Chloroleucon at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Chloroleucon at Wikispecies