Swartzia

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Genus of legumes

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::summary Genus of legumes ::

|image = Swartzia langsdorffii - Jardim Botânico de São Paulo - IMG 0378.jpg |image_caption = Swartzia langsdorffii |taxon = Swartzia |authority = Schreb. (1791), nom. cons. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms =

  • Gynanthistrophe Poit. ex DC. (1825)
  • Hoelzelia Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Huertia Mutis (1957)
  • Possira Aubl. (1775)
  • Possura Aubl. ex Steud. (1841), not validly publ.
  • Rittera Schreb. (1789)
  • Riveria Kunth (1825)
  • Tounatea Aubl. (1775), nom. rej.
  • Tunatea Kuntze (1891), orth. var. | synonyms_ref =

Swartzia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. Swartzia is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where it occurs primarily in lowland rainforests, but also in savannas, pre-montane forests, and tropical dry forests. While it can be found throughout the wet lowlands from Mexico and the Caribbean islands to southern Brazil and Bolivia, Swartzia is most abundant and species-rich in Amazonia, where 10–20 species may co-occur at a single site. The species of Swartzia are mostly trees, ranging from small understory treelets to large canopy emergents. Some species, especially in savannas, are mult-stemmed shrubs.

Fossil record

Many Swartzia fossils from the middle Eocene epoch are known from the United States. 5 fossil dehiscent seed pods and 50 fossil leaflets have been described from the Warman and Lawrence clay pits in Weakley and the Henry Counties, Tennessee. In addition 6 leaflets have been described from the New Lawrence and Miller clay pits in Henry County, Tennessee.

List of species

More than 200 species have been described:

Recent phylogenetic analyses have revealed several well-supported clades within Swartzia that roughly correspond to previously-erected sections and series in the genus.

''[[Nomina dubia]]''

The following species may or may not be valid:

  • Swartzia arenarium Ducke
  • Swartzia flabellipetala Pittier
  • Swartzia microcalyx Ducke
  • Swartzia shnilis Benoist

References

References

  1. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325973-2 ''Swartzia'' Schreb.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. The Fossil History of Leguminosae from the [[Eocene]] of Southeastern North America by Patrick S. Herendeen, Advances in Legume Systematics: Part 4, The Fossil Record, Ed. P.S. Herendeen & Dilcher, 1992, [[The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]], {{ISBN. 0 947643 40 0
  3. . ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Swartzia''"](http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Swartzia&species~). *Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics*.
  4. USDA. "GRIN species records of ''Swartzia''". [[Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
  5. Torke BM. (2007). "Three new species of ''Swartzia'' (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae) from northern South America". [[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
  6. Torke BM. (2007). "New Combinations and Species-level Synonyms in ''Swartzia'' (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)". [[Novon]].
  7. (June 1996). "Partnerships for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management: Fifth Mexico–U. S. Biennial Symposium". DIANE Publishing.
  8. (2008). "Molecular phylogenetics of the species-rich neotropical genus ''Swartzia'' (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) and related genera of the swartzioid clade". [[American Journal of Botany.
  9. . ["The Plant List entry for ''Swartzia''"](http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Swartzia/). *[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] and [[Missouri Botanical Garden]]*.

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