Leptolobium

This article is about Leptolobium Vogel 1837. For Leptolobium Benth. 1838, see Glycine (plant).

Leptolobium is a small Neotropical genus of plants in the family Fabaceae, with 12 species currently recognized. With the exception of Leptolobium panamense, which occurs in tropical forests from northwestern South America to Mexico, all species of Leptolobium are restricted to South America and most diverse in Brazil. Most Leptolobium species have been traditionally included in Acosmium Schott (Fabaceae), but both genera have been recently distinguished based on several vegetative and reproductive traits.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Leptolobium
Leptolobium dasycarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Leptolobieae
Genus:	Leptolobium Vogel (1837)
Sections and species
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Species

Leptolobium comprises the following species:^[6][7][8]

• Section Leptolobium (Vogel) Yakovlev
  • Leptolobium araguaiense Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
  • Leptolobium dasycarpum Vogel
  • Leptolobium elegans Vogel
  • Leptolobium glaziovianum (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G.Azevedo
  • Leptolobium multijugum Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
  • Leptolobium nitens Vogel
  • Leptolobium panamense (Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
  • Leptolobium parvifolium (Harms) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo
  • Leptolobium stirtonii (G.A. Aymard & V. González) Sch. Rodr. & A.M.G
  • Leptolobium tenuifolium Vogel
• Section Mesitis (Vogel) Yakovlev
  • Leptolobium bijugum Vogel
  • Leptolobium brachystachyum(Benth.) Sch.Rodr. & A.M.G. Azevedo