Weberbauerella

<i>Weberbauerella</i>

Weberbauerella

Genus of legumes


Weberbauerella is a South American genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of perennial herbs or subshrubs native to coastal Peru and northern Chile. They grow in seasonally-dry tropical coastal forest, on sand or sandy hills.[1] It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae.[2][3]

Illustrations
Leaflets. Left to right: W. raimondiana, W. chilensis, W. brongniartioides
Petals. Left to right: W. raimondiana, W. brongniartioides

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Species

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of September 2023:[1]


References

  1. "Weberbauerella Ulbr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  3. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.

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