Deguelia

Life-forms

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: Millettieae
Genus: Deguelia
Species: D. amazonica – D. angulata – D. chrysophylla – D. costata – D. dasycalyx – D. decorticans – D. densiflora – D. duckeana – D. glaucifolia – D. hatschbachii – D. martynii – D. negrensis – D. nitidula – D. occidentalis – D. picta – D. rariflora – D. rufescens – D. scandens – D. spruceana – D. urucu – D. utilis
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Deguelia Aubl., 1775

Type species: Deguelia scandens Aubl.

Synonyms

Phyllocarpus Riedel ex Endl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 2: 750

Additional references

Camargo, R.A. & Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi, A.M. (2014). A synopsis of the genus Deguelia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) in Brazil Brittonia 66: 12-32. New York Botanical Garden.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Deguelia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Deguelia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 06 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Deguelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Deguelia. 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 Mar 06. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Deguelia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deguelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes ten species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil.[1]

Deguelia amazonica Killip
Deguelia angulata (Ducke) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia chrysophylla (Kleinhoonte) R.A.Camargo & A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia costata (Benth.) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia dasycalyx (Harms) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia decorticans R.A.Camargo & A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia densiflora (Benth.) A.M.G.Azevedo ex M.Sousa
Deguelia duckeana A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia glaucifolia A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia hatschbachii A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia martynii (A.C.Sm.) R.A.Camargo & A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia negrensis (Benth.) Taub.
Deguelia nitidula (Benth.) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia occidentalis (Ducke) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia picta (Pittier) R.A.Camargo & A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia rariflora (Mart. ex Benth.) G.P.Lewis & Acev.-Rodr.
Deguelia rufescens (Benth.) R.A.Camargo & A.M.G.Azevedo
Deguelia scandens Aubl.
Deguelia spruceana (Benth.) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia urucu (Killip & A.C.Sm.) A.M.G.Azevedo & R.A.Camargo
Deguelia utilis (A.C.Sm.) A.M.G.Azevedo

References

Deguelia Aubl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
Camargo, Rodrigo Augusto; de Azevedo Tozzi, Ana Maria Goulart (March 2014). "A synopsis of the genus Deguelia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) in Brazil". Brittonia. 66 (1): 12–32. Bibcode:2014Britt..66...12C. doi:10.1007/s12228-013-9302-4. ISSN 0007-196X.