Blanchetiodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2] It contains a single species, Blanchetiodendron blanchetii, a shrub endemic to eastern Brazil. It ranges from Bahia to northeastern Minas Gerais states.[1]

Blanchetiodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Blanchetiodendron
Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)
Species:
B. blanchetii
Binomial name
Blanchetiodendron blanchetii
(Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996)
Synonyms[1]
  • Albizia blanchetii (Benth.) G.J.Lewis (1987)
  • Enterolobium blanchetii Benth. (1844)
  • Feuilleea incerta Kuntze (1891)
  • Pithecellobium blanchetii (Benth.) Benth. (1875)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Blanchetiodendron blanchetii (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.