Cascaronia

Cascaronia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Dalbergieae
Genus:	Cascaronia Griseb.
Species:	C. astragalina
Binomial name
Cascaronia astragalina Griseb.

Cascaronia astragalina is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole member of the genus Cascaronia. ^[2] It is a spindly shrub or multi-stemmed tree native to southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It grows in seasonally dry subtropical forests, at forest margins, and along rivers. ^[3]

Cascaronia belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and has been recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Clegg, R. (2021). "Cascaronia astragalina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T128225690A128245783. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T128225690A128245783.en . Retrieved May 18, 2022.
2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cascaronia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
3. Cascaronia Griseb. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 14 August 2023.
4. Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot . 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR   2657116. PMID   11250829.
5. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot . 89: 58–75. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001 . hdl: 10566/3193 .

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