Aldina

Aldina is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests.

Faboideae
Aldina latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
(unranked):
Andira clade[1]
Genus:
Aldina

Endl.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Aldina Adans.

Species

Aldina comprises the following species:[2][3]

  • Aldina amazonica M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina aurea Cowan
  • Aldina berryi Cowan & Steyerm.
  • Aldina discolor Benth.
  • Aldina elliptica Cowan
  • Aldina heterophylla Benth.
  • Aldina insignis (Benth.) Endl.
  • Aldina kunhardtiana Cowan
  • Aldina latifolia Benth.
  • Aldina macrophylla Benth.
  • Aldina microphylla M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina occidentalis Ducke
  • Aldina paulberryi G.A. Aymard
  • Aldina petiolulata Cowan
  • Aldina polyphylla Ducke
  • Aldina reticulata Cowan
  • Aldina yapacanensis Cowan

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[3]

  • Aldina aquae-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina barnebyana M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina diplogyne Stergios & Aymard
  • Aldina polycarpa Stergios & Aymard
  • Aldina rio-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina speciosa M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina stergiosii M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev

References
  1. Ramos G, de Lima HC, Prenner G, de Queiroz LP, Zartman CE, Cardoso D (2016). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian genus Aldina, a phylogenetically enigmatic ectomycorrhizal lineage of papilionoid legumes". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 97: 11–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.017. PMID 26748266.
  2. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Aldina". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "The Plant List entry for Aldina". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2016.


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