Dermatophyllum

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Dermatophyllum is a genus of three or four species of shrubs and small trees. It in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family, Fabaceae.

Dermatophyllum
Calia secundiflora flowers.jpg
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
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Dermatophyllum

Scheele 1848
Type species
Dermatophyllum speciosum
Scheele.
Species

6; see text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Agastianis Raf.
  • Broussonetia Ortega
  • Calia Terán Berland.
  • Sophora sect. Arizoniatae Tsoong
  • Sophora sect. Agastianis (Raf.) Tsoong
  • Sophora sect. Calia (Terán & Berland.) Rudd

Members of the genus are known as mescalbean, mescal bean or frijolito.

Its relationships have been somewhat controversial. It Is often treated as being in the genus Sophora.[3]

Dermatophyllum Media

References

  1. Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes. S Afr J Bot 89 (2013). p. 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. 'Dermatophyllum, the correct name for Calia (Fabaceae). Phytoneuron 2011 (57) (2011). p. 1–4.
  3. The relationship of Sophora sect. Edwardsia (Fabaceae) to Sophora tomentosa, the type species of the genus Sophora, observed from DNA sequence data and morphological characters. Bot J Linn Soc 146 (4) (2004). p. 439–446. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00348.x.