Calopogonium

Calopogonium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species, which range through the tropical Americas from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America to northeastern Argentina.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Calopogonium
Calopogonium spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Subtribe:	Glycininae
Genus:	Calopogonium Desv. (1826)
Type species
Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.
Species[1]
8; see text
Synonyms
Cyanostremma Benth. ex Hook. & Arn. (1840) Stenolobium Benth. (1837)

Species of Calopogonium have been introduced to other regions, including tropical Africa, India, southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.^[1]

Species

Eight species are accepted:^[1]

• Calopogonium caeruleum (Benth.) C.Wright
• Calopogonium domingense Urb. & Ekman
• Calopogonium galactioides (Kunth) Benth. ex Hemsl.
• Calopogonium lanceolatum Brandegee
• Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.
• Calopogonium racemosum Micheli
• Calopogonium sericeum (Benth.) Chodat & Hassl.
• Calopogonium velutinum (Benth.) Amshoff