Alexa (plant)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Angylocalyceae |
| Genus: | Alexa Moq. (1849) |
| Species[1][2][3] | |
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Alexandra R.H.Schomb. (1845), nom. illeg. | |
Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America.[3] Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.[4]
Species
[edit]Ten species are accepted:[3]
- Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke - southern Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Alexa canaracunensis Pittier – southern Venezulela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
- Alexa confusa Pittier – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (Roraima)
- Alexa cowanii Yakovlev – eastern Venezuela and Guyana
- Alexa grandiflora Ducke – northern Brazil
- Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez – southern Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill. – Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
- Alexa leiopetala Sandwith – Guyana
- Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev – Guyana and Suriname
- Alexa wachenheimii Benoist – Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
References
[edit]- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Alexa". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Alexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Alexa Moq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochemistry. 116: 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.
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