Pterocarpus dubius

Pterocarpus dubius
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:	Pterocarpus
Species:	P. dubius
Binomial name
Pterocarpus dubius (Kunth) Spreng. (1827)
Synonyms [2]
Ecastaphyllum dubiumKunth (1824) Etaballia dubia(Kunth) Rudd in Phytologia 20: 427 (1970) Etaballia guianensisBenth. (1840)

Pterocarpus dubius is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae native to Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil in northern South America. ^[2]

Pterocarpus dubius is a tree which grows up to 30 meters tall. It grows in semi-deciduous and evergreen lowland tropical forests. ^[1]

It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. ^{[3] [4]} It was formerly classed as the sole species in genus Etaballia. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Groom, A. (2012). "Etaballia dubia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T19891877A20073250. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891877A20073250.en . Retrieved 1 August 2023.
2. Pterocarpus dubius (Kunth) Spreng. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 1 August 2023.
3. 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.
4. 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 .
5. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Etaballia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
6. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Etaballia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2014.