Orphanodendron

Orphanodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Orphanodendron
Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1990)[1]
Species[2]

Orphanodendron is a genus of legume in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to Colombia, which grow in tropical lowland forest.[2] The genus is in subfamily Faboideae.[3]

  1. ^ Barneby RC, Grimes JW (1990). "Orphanodendron, a new genus of caesalpinioid Leguminosae from northwestern Colombia". Brittonia. 42 (4): 249–253. Bibcode:1990Britt..42..249B. doi:10.2307/2806809. JSTOR 2806809.
  2. ^ a b Orphanodendron Barneby & J.W.Grimes. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ Castellanos C, Lewis GP, Banks H, Steeves R, Bruneau A (2016). "A settled sub-family for the orphan tree: The phylogenetic position of the endemic Colombian genus Orphanodendron in the Leguminosae". Brittonia. 69: 1–9. doi:10.1007/s12228-016-9451-3.