Osodendron gen. nov. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae), a new genus of mimosoid legumes of tropical Africa.

ABSTRACT: The genus Osodendron is here newly described to accommodate three species and one subspecies of African mimosoid legumes. These taxa have previously been included by several authors in Albizia, Cathormion and/or Samanea, but they have been shown to be phylogenetically unrelated to any of these, being instead the sister-group of the recently described Neotropical genus Robrichia, which is similar in vegetative morphology and especially its very similar indumentum, but is decidedly different in pod morphology. A taxonomic treatment of the three species in the genus is presented, with species descriptions, photographs, distribution maps and an identification key. The type species Osodendronaltissimum (Hook. f.) E.J.M. Koenen occurs in swamp and riveri

SUBMITTER: Koenen EJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848988 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature