Alexa (plant)

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Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America.[3] Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.[4]

Alexa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Angylocalyceae
Genus: Alexa
Moq. (1849)
Species[1][2][3]
Synonyms[3]

Alexandra R.H.Schomb. (1845), nom. illeg.

Species

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Ten species are accepted:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Alexa". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Alexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Alexa Moq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. ^ Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochemistry. 116: 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.

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