Fiebrigiella

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Fiebrigiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Fiebrigiella
Harms (1908)
Species:
F. gracilis
Binomial name
Fiebrigiella gracilis
Harms (1908)

Fiebrigiella gracilis is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the only member of the genus Fiebrigiella. [1] [2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. [3] [4] It is a subshrub native to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. [5]

The genus Fiebrigiella was named in honor of German-Paraguayan botanist Karl August Gustav Fiebrig.

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References

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