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Pterodon (plant)

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Pterodon (plant)

Pterodon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Pterodon can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae as follows:

the leaf rachis is exalate, the fruit is a cryptosamara with oil glands in the epicarp, the seed testa is smooth and the raphe is apparent, with the hilum in a lateral position covered by an aril and a smooth embryo.

Species

It contains only two species:

  • Pterodon abruptus (Moric.) Benth.
  • Pterodon emarginatus Vogel
  • References

    Pterodon (plant) Wikipedia


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