Trischidium

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: Swartzieae
Genus: Trischidium
Species: T. alternum – T. decipiens – T. limae – T. molle – T. racemulosum
Name

Trischidium Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 20: 141. (1843)

Type species: Trischidium molle (Benth.) H.E. Ireland Kew Bulletin 62(2): 336–338, f. 1a–h. (2007)

References

Tulasne, L.R. 1843. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 20: 141. BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Trischidium. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 27 2016. Reference page.
Ireland, H.E. 2007. Taxonomic changes in the South American genus Bocoa (Leguminosae-Swartzieae): reinstatement of the name Trischidium, and a synopsis of both genera. Kew Bulletin, pp.333-349. JSTOR
Tropicos.org 2016. Trischidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2016. Reference page.

Trischidium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees and shrubs native to northern South America. All species are native to Brazil, with one species (Trischidium molle) extending to Bolivia, and another (T. alternum) to Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, and Peru. Two species are native to tropical non-inundated Amazonian rain forest, one to coastal forest, and two to seasonally-dry cerrado (savanna and woodland) and caatinga (thorny bushland).[1]

It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was recently reinstated after existing for some time as a junior synonym of Bocoa.[2] It is closely related to the genera Ateleia and Cyathostegia.[1]
References

Trischidium Tul. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
Ireland HE (2007). "Taxonomic changes in the South American genus Bocoa (Leguminosae–Swartzieae): Reinstatement of the name Trischidium, and a synopsis of both genera". Kew Bull. 62 (2): 333–350. JSTOR 20443359.