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Cladrastis
Sign in to saveCladrastis (yellowwood) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species, three native to eastern Asia and one to southeastern North America.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cladrastis is referenced by 26 other articles, and connects out to plant, tree and flower.
Vinony files it under Fabaceae genera, Faboideae and Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
香槐属（学名：Cladrastis）是蝶形花科下的一个属，为落叶乔木植物。该属共有12种，分布于美洲和东亚。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 192
- With media
- 102
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- USNM, ANSP, WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY, CAS, UOMNH, HUDC
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Cladrastis
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- Category:Cladrastis
- taxon common name
- 香槐属
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Cladrastis (yellowwood) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species, three native to eastern Asia and one to southeastern North America.
Species of Cladrastis are small to medium-sized deciduous trees typically growing 10–20 m tall, exceptionally to 27 m tall. The leaves are compound pinnate, with 5–17 alternately arranged leaflets. The flowers are fragrant, white or pink, produced in racemes or panicles 15–40 cm long. The fruit is a pod 3–8 cm long, containing one to six seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cladrastis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.