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Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America

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A new genus Limadendron (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from northern South America is described and illustrated. The new genus is segregated from Poecilanthe based on a previous phylogenetic analysis. Limadendron is sister to Cyclolobium and differs from it mainly by its woody dehiscent legumes contrasting with the winged samaroid fruits of the latter. Two new combinations, Limadendron amazonicum (Ducke) Meireles & A. M. G. Azevedo and Limadendron hostmannii (Benth.) Meireles & A. M. G. Azevedo, are proposed. A distribution map and an identification key for the species are also provided.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Henrique Forero, Gwilym Lewis, Domingos Cardoso and Matt Lavin for their valuable comments on the manuscript, to Jorge Fontella for revising the Latin diagnosis, and to Samira Rolim for the illustrations. The curators of the herbaria visited during the study and our funding sources (CNPq and FAPESP [project number: 06/50154-0]) are also gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Jose Eduardo Meireles

  2. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil

    Ana Maria G. Azevedo Tozzi

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Meireles, J.E., Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G. Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America. Plant Syst Evol 301, 701–707 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7

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