Misplaced Pages

Macropsychanthus megacarpus

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of plant

Macropsychanthus megacarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Macropsychanthus
Species: M. megacarpus
Binomial name
Macropsychanthus megacarpus
(Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak
Synonyms
  • Dioclea densiflora Huber
  • Dioclea megacarpa Rolfe
  • Dioclea reflexa var. grandiflora Benth.
  • Macropsychanthus densiflorus (Huber) L.P.Queiroz & Snak

Macropsychanthus megacarpus (syn. Dioclea megacarpa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Central America, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. A climber, it is typically found in wet tropical rainforests. Its seeds contain large amounts of the non-proteinogenic amino acid L-canavanine.

References

  1. ^ "Macropsychanthus megacarpus (Rolfe) L.P.Queiroz & Snak". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ Rosenthal, Gerald A.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Dahlman, D. L. (1977). "Degradation and Detoxification of Canavanine by a Specialized Seed Predator". Science. 196 (4290): 658–660. doi:10.1126/science.854740. PMID 854740.
Taxon identifiers
Macropsychanthus megacarpus
Dioclea megacarpa


Stub icon

This Faboideae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: