Chloroleucon tortum

Chloroleucon tortum
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Chloroleucon
Species:	C. tortum
Binomial name
Chloroleucon tortum (Mart.) Pittier
Synonyms [2]
Pithecellobium tortumMart.

Chloroleucon tortum is a flowering plant endemic to Brazil and Paraguay.

Chloroleucon tortum, a native species to Brazilian restinga. Also known as tataré or Brazilian rain tree. This specimen is a week old (from seeding) and was collected at Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo (-23.587278, -46.656260), Brazil in June, 2014.

Chloroleucon tortum, a native species to Brazilian restinga. Also known as tataré or Brazilian rain tree. This specimen is three weeks old (from seeding) and was collected at Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo.

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Chloroleucon tortum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T36573A10006481. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36573A10006481.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Chloroleucon tortum". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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