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Balsamocarpon

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Balsamocarpon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Balsamocarpon
Clos (1847)[2]
Species:
B. brevifolium
Binomial name
Balsamocarpon brevifolium
Clos (1847)[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Caesalpinia brevifolia (Clos) Benth. (1865)
  • Sophora microphylla Meyen (1834), nom. illeg.
  • Zuccagnia microphylla Vogel (1843)

Balsamocarpon brevifolium, or algarrobilla, is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in genus Balsamocarpon. Balsamocarpon belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae[4] and tribe Caesalpinieae.[5] It is endemic to northern and north-central Chile (Atacama and Coquimbo).[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Balsamocarpon brevifolium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "genus Balsamocarpon". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Balsamocarpon brevifolium Clos. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  5. ^ Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.