Luetzelburgia purpurea D.B.O.S.Cardoso, L.P.Queiroz & H.C.Lima

First published in Kew Bull. 63: 295 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Bahia). It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.

Kew Bulletin

  • César, E. A., Juchum, F. S. & Lewis, G. P. (2006). Lista preliminar da família Leguminosae na Região Nordeste do Brasil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Doyle, J. J., Doyle, J. L., Ballenger, J. A., Dickson, E. E., Kajita, T. & Ohashi, H. (1997). A phylogeny of the chloroplast gene rbcL in the Leguminosae: taxonomic correlations and insights into the evolution of nodulation. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 541 – 554.
  • Ferguson, I. K., Schrire, B. D. & Shepperson, R. (1994). Pollen morphology of the tribe Sophoreae and relationships between subfamilies Caesalpinioideae and Papilionoideae. In: I. K. Ferguson & S. C. Tucker (eds.), Advances in Legume Systematics, part 6, Structural Botany, pp. 53 – 96. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Herendeen, P. S. (1995). Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Swartzieae. In: M. D. Crisp & J. J. Doyle (eds.), Advances in Legume Systematics, part 7, Phylogeny, pp. 123 – 132. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
  • Lewis, G. P. (1987). Legumes of Bahia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lima, H. C. de (1982). Revisão taxonômica do gênero Vatairea Aubl. (Leguminosae, Faboideae). Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 26: 173 – 214.
  • Lima, H. C. de (1984). Uma nova espécie de Luetzelburgia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) da Bahia, Brasil. In: Anais do 34 Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Comunicações, vol. 2, pp. 191 – 197, Sociedade Botânica do Brasil, Porto Alegre.
  • Lima, H. C. de. (1980). Revisão taxonômica do gênero Vataireopsis Ducke (Leguminosae, Faboideae). Rodriguésia 32: 21 – 40.
  • Mansano, V. F., Bittrich, V., Tozzi, A. M. G. A. & Souza, A. P. (2004). Composition of the Lecointea clade (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Swartzieae), a re-evaluation based on combined evidence from morphology and molecular data. Taxon 53: 1007 – 1018.
  • Pennington, R. T., Lavin, M., Ireland, H., Klitgaard, B., Preston, J. & Hu, J.-M. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships of basal papilionoid legumes based upon sequences of the chloroplast trnL intron. Syst. Bot. 26: 537 – 556.
  • Polhill, R. M. (1981). Tribe Sophoreae. In: R. M. Polhill & P. H. Raven (eds.), Advances in Legume Systematics, part 1, pp. 213 – 230. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Polhill, R. M. (1994). Classification of the Leguminosae. In: F. A. Bisby, J. Buckingham & J. B. Harborne (eds.), Phytochemical Dictionary of the Leguminosae, pp. xvi – xxxvii. Chapman & Hall, New York.
  • Queiroz, L. P. (2006). The Brazilian caatinga: phytogeographical patterns inferred from distribution data of the Leguminosae. In: R. T. Pennington, G. P. Lewis & J. A. Ratter (eds.), Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests: plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation, pp. 121 – 157. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Rizzini, C. T. & Mattos-Filho, A. (1977). Sobre Luetzelburgia Harms (Leguminosae). Rodriguésia 29 (42): 7 – 31.
  • Velloso, A. L., Sampaio, E. V. S. B., Giulietti, A. M., Barbosa, M. R. V., Castro, A. A. J. F., Queiroz, L. P., Fernandes, A., Oren, D. C., Cestaro, L. A., Carvalho, A. J. E., Pareyn, F. G. C., Silva, F. B. R., Miranda, E. E., Keel, S. & Gondim, R. S. (2002). Ecorregiões: propostas para o bioma caatinga. Associação Plantas do Nordeste, The Nature Conservancy do Brasil, Recife.
  • Wojciechowski, M. F., Lavin, M. & Sanderson, M. J. (2004). A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well-supported subclades within the family. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1846 – 1862.
  • Yakovlev, G. P. (1976). Review of the genus Luetzelburgia Harms (Fabaceae). Naucn. Dokl. Vysshei Shkoly Biol. Nauki 9: 74 – 77 (in Russian).
  • ____, Stirton, C. H. & Schrire, B. D. (2005). Tribe Sophoreae. In: G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. Mackinder & M. Lock (eds.), Legumes of the World, pp. 227 – 249. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2013 Cardoso, D.; Cortes, A.L. [2103] Brazil K000556861 Isotype Yes

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