Aldina is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests. It is included in the Andira clade.[2]

Aldina
Aldina latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade: Andira clade
Genus: Aldina
Endl. (1841)
Species[1]

17; see text

Synonyms[1]

Allania Benth. (1840)

Species edit

Aldina comprises the following species:[3][4]

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status edit

The status of the following species is unresolved:[4]

  • Aldina aquae-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina barnebyana M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina diplogyne Stergios & Aymard
  • Aldina polycarpa Stergios & Aymard
  • Aldina rio-negrae M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina speciosa M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
  • Aldina stergiosii M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev

References edit

  1. ^ a b Aldina Endl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ Ramos G, de Lima HC, Prenner G, de Queiroz LP, Zartman CE, Cardoso D (2016). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian genus Aldina, a phylogenetically enigmatic ectomycorrhizal lineage of papilionoid legumes". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 97: 11–18. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.017. PMID 26748266.
  3. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Aldina". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "The Plant List entry for Aldina". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2016.