Dermatophyllum
genus of plants
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Dermatophyllum is a genus of three or four species of shrubs and small trees. It in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family, Fabaceae.
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| Dermatophyllum secundiflorum | |
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| Genus: | Dermatophyllum Scheele 1848
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| Dermatophyllum speciosum Scheele.
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Members of the genus are known as mescalbean, mescal bean or frijolito.
Its relationships have been somewhat controversial. It Is often treated as being in the genus Sophora.[3]
References
change- ↑ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, 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.
- ↑ Gandhi KN, Vincent MA, Reveal JL (2011). "Dermatophyllum, the correct name for Calia (Fabaceae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2011 (57): 1–4. ISSN 2153-733X.
- ↑ Heenan PB, Dawson MI, Wagstaff SJ (2004). "The relationship of Sophora sect. Edwardsia (Fabaceae) to Sophora tomentosa, the type species of the genus Sophora, observed from DNA sequence data and morphological characters". Bot J Linn Soc. 146 (4): 439–446. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00348.x.
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