Aldina (Fabaceae)

Aldina sp.

Aldina latifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Swartzieae
Genus: Aldina
Species: A. aurea – A. auyantepuiensis – A. barnebyana – A. berryi – A. diplogyne – A. discolor – A. elliptica – A. heterophylla – A. insignis – A. kunhardtiana – A. latifolia – A. macrophylla – A. microphylla –  A. occidentalis –  A. paulberryi – A. petiolulata – A. polyphylla – A. reticulata

Source(s) of checklist:

Ramos, G., Zartman, C.E., Lima, H.C. de, Pennington, R.T. & Cardoso, D. 2022. A Taxonomic Synopsis of Aldina, a Florally Distinctive and Poorly Collected Amazonian Genus of Papilionoid Legumes. Systematic Botany 47(4): 962–977. DOI: 10.1600/036364422X16674053033859, ResearchGate Reference page. , Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aldina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page.

Name

Aldina Endl., Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] pt. 17: 1322 (1840), nom. cons.

• Type species: Aldina insignis (Benth.) Endl.
• Eponymy: named for botanist Tobias Aldinus.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Allania Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 91 (1840). [non Alania Endl. (1836)].

Homonyms

• Aldina Adans., Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica. 299. (1756.), nom. rej. = synonym of Brya P.Browne (Fabaceae)
• Aldina E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. 171. (1835), nom. illeg. = synonym of Vachellia Wight & Arn. (Fabaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela Western South America Colombia Brazil Brazil North References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Endlicher, S.L. 1836–1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. (pp I–LX, 1–1484). Vindobonae (Vienna). BHL Reference page. : 1322
• Bentham, G. 1840. Contributions towards a Flora of South America. – Enumeration of Plants collected by Mr Schomburgk in British Guiana. The Journal of Botany 2: 38–103, 127–146. BHL, BHL Reference page. 
• Ramos, G., Zartman, C.E., Lima, H.C. de, Pennington, R.T. & Cardoso, D. 2022. A Taxonomic Synopsis of Aldina, a Florally Distinctive and Poorly Collected Amazonian Genus of Papilionoid Legumes. Systematic Botany 47(4): 962–977. DOI: 10.1600/036364422X16674053033859, ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cardoso, D., São-Mateus, W.M., da Cruz, D.T., Zartman, C.E., Komura, D.L., Kite, G., Prenner, G., Wieringa, J.J., Clark, A., Lewis, G. & Pennington, R.T. 2015. Filling in the gaps of the papilionoid legume phylogeny: The enigmatic Amazonian genus Petaladenium is a new branch of the early-diverging Amburaneae clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 112–124. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.015 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aldina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aldina. Published online. Accessed: Jun 04 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Aldina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Aldina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Aldina). Aldina (Fabaceae). Accessed: 04 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

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