Leonardoxa

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: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Leonardoxa
Species: L. africana
Name

Leonardoxa Aubrév. Adansonia ser. 2. 8: 178. (1968)

Monotypic taxon

Note: Other two species sometimes found here are assigned to Normandiodendron, (Léonard, 1993).
References

Aubréville, A. 1968. Adansonia ser. 2. 8: 178.
Léonard, J. 1993. Note sur les genres Schotia Jacq. et Leonardoxa Aubrév. et sur le nouveau genre Normandiodendron J. Léonard (Caesalpiniaceae africaines). Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique/Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van Belgie 62(1/4): 433–451. DOI: 10.2307/3668290
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Leonardoxa. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 20 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Leonardoxa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Feb. 2016. Reference page.

Leonardoxa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae.
Species

Leonardoxa africana (Baill.) Aubrév.[2]
Leonardoxa romii (De Wild.) Aubrév.

References

Brouat, Carine; Gielly, Ludovic; McKey, Doyle (1 January 2001). "Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Leonardoxa (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) inferred from chloroplast t rnL intron and t rnL- t rnF intergenic spacer sequences". American Journal of Botany. 88 (1): 143–149. doi:10.2307/2657134. JSTOR 2657134. PMID 11159134.
Mckey, Doyle (1984). "Interaction of the Ant-Plant Leonardoxa africana (Caesalpiniaceae) With Its Obligate Inhabitants in a Rainforest in Cameroon". Biotropica. 16 (2): 81–99. Bibcode:1984Biotr..16...81M. doi:10.2307/2387840. ISSN 0006-3606. JSTOR 2387840.