Alexa (plant)

Alexa is a genus of legumes. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.[4]

Alexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Angylocalyceae[1]
Genus:
Alexa

Species[2][3]
  • Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke
  • Alexa canaracunensis Pittier
  • Alexa confusa Pittier
  • Alexa cowanii Yakovlev
  • Alexa grandiflora Ducke
  • Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez
  • Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill.
  • Alexa leiopetala Sandwith
  • Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev
  • Alexa wachenheimii Benoist

References
  1. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Alexa". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Alexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochemistry. 116: 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.
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