Recordoxylon

Recordoxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Cassieae
Genus:	Recordoxylon; Ducke

Recordoxylon speciosum - MHNT

Recordoxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Currently, there is no commercial usage for it, not as decoration nor for its nutritive properties.

The genus name of Recordoxylon is in honour of Samuel J. Record (1881–1945), an American botanist who played a prominent role in the study of trees and wood.^[2] It was first described and published in Trop. Woods Vol.39 on page 16 in 1934.^[3]

Its native range is northern South America and is found in northern Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Venezuela.^[3]

Species[]

Barneby
(Benoist) Gazel ex Barneby
Ducke

References[]

^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Recordoxylon Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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[6subfamilies-1] The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-3] "Recordoxylon Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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