Petaladenium | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: |
Petaladenium Ducke (1938) |
Species: | P. urceoliferum
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Binomial name | |
Petaladenium urceoliferum
Ducke (1938)
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Petaladenium urceoliferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil. It grows in tropical lowland Amazon rain forest in the basin of the Rio Negro, a northern tributary of the Amazon. [2] It is the only member of the genus Petaladenium. [3] [4] The genus belongs to tribe Amburaneae in subfamily Faboideae. [5]
It produces three chemical compounds in its leaves that are not found in other members of the Amburaneae: (2S,4S,5R)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy pipecolic acid, (2S,4R,5S)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, and (2S,4R,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-methoxypipecolic acid. [6] Petaladenium urceoliferum is unique among legumes in having fimbriate–glandular wing petals. [7]
Petaladenium | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: |
Petaladenium Ducke (1938) |
Species: | P. urceoliferum
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Binomial name | |
Petaladenium urceoliferum
Ducke (1938)
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Petaladenium urceoliferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil. It grows in tropical lowland Amazon rain forest in the basin of the Rio Negro, a northern tributary of the Amazon. [2] It is the only member of the genus Petaladenium. [3] [4] The genus belongs to tribe Amburaneae in subfamily Faboideae. [5]
It produces three chemical compounds in its leaves that are not found in other members of the Amburaneae: (2S,4S,5R)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy pipecolic acid, (2S,4R,5S)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, and (2S,4R,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-methoxypipecolic acid. [6] Petaladenium urceoliferum is unique among legumes in having fimbriate–glandular wing petals. [7]