Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia.[1] Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."[2]

Chloroleucon
Chloroleucon tortum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Chloroleucon
(Benth.) Britton & Rose[1]
Type species
Chloroleucon vincentis
(Benth.) Britton & Rose
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Chloroleucum Britton & Rose ex Record
  • Pithecellobium sect. Chloroleucon Benth.

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. "Genus: Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  3. "GRIN Species Records of Chloroleucon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2013-04-26.

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