Lecointea
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Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.[1][2]
- Lecointea amazonica Ducke
- Lecointea guianensis M.Yu.Gontsch. & YakovlevScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lecointea hatschbachii BarnebyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lecointea lasiogyne (Barneby) M.Yu.Gontsch. & YakovlevScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lecointea marcano-bertii BarnebyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lecointea ovalifolia J.F.Macbr.
- Lecointea peruviana Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.
Its native range stretches from south-eastern Mexico to southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Lecointea is in honour of Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), a French botanist who worked in Brazil. He was also the director of a museum in Belém.[3] It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.[1]
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