Erythrophleum is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes ten species native to sub-Saharan Africa, Indochina, southern China, and northern Australia.[2]

Erythrophleum
Erythrophleum suaveolens
Erythrophleum lasianthum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Erythrophleum
R.Br. (1826)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fillaea Guill. & Perr. (1832)
  • Laboucheria F.Muell. (1859)
  • Mavia G.Bertol. (1850)

Species

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Plants of the World Online includes:[2]

  1. Erythrophleum africanum (Benth.) Harms
  2. Erythrophleum arenarium R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett
  3. Erythrophleum chlorostachys (F.Muell.) Baill.
  4. Erythrophleum couminga Baill.
  5. Erythrophleum fordii Oliv.
  6. Erythrophleum ivorense A.Chev.
  7. Erythrophleum lasianthum Corbishley
  8. Erythrophleum letestui A.Chev.
  9. Erythrophleum pubescens R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett
  10. Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
  11. Erythrophleum succirubrum Gagnep.
  12. Erythrophleum teysmannii (Kurz) Craib


References

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  1. ^ Brown R (1826) Narr. Travels Africa, App. XXII: 235.
  2. ^ a b c "Erythrophleum Afzel. ex G.Don", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 10 June 2024
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