Petaladenium

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Petaladenium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Petaladenium
Ducke (1938)
Species:
P. urceoliferum
Binomial name
Petaladenium urceoliferum
Ducke (1938)

Petaladenium urceoliferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil. It grows in tropical lowland Amazon rain forest in the basin of the Rio Negro, a northern tributary of the Amazon. [2] It is the only member of the genus Petaladenium. [3] [4] The genus belongs to tribe Amburaneae in subfamily Faboideae. [5]

It produces three chemical compounds in its leaves that are not found in other members of the Amburaneae: (2S,4S,5R)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, (2S,4R,5S)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, and (2S,4R,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-methoxypipecolic acid. [6] Petaladenium urceoliferum is unique among legumes in having fimbriate–glandular wing petals. [7]

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References

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