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Exostyles
Sign in to saveExostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species native to Brazil and Suriname. The species primarily inhabit around bodies of water, especially the Amazon River and the east coast of South America. The Genus is charactarized by alternate leaflets, imparipinnate leaves, persistent stipules and stipels, 10 free stamens, zygomorphic flowers, basifixed anthers, and a berry-like legume fruit.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Exostyles is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to South America, plant and Amazon.
Vinony files it under Exostyleae, Fabaceae genera and Flora of Southern America.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: for the inclusion of Harleyodendron and Exostyles within this clade, rather
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- PUC-RIO, JBRJ, UFPR, ESALQ, UESC
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Surinam
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Encyclopedic overview
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Exostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species native to Brazil and Suriname. The species primarily inhabit around bodies of water, especially the Amazon River and the east coast of South America. The Genus is charactarized by alternate leaflets, imparipinnate leaves, persistent stipules and stipels, 10 free stamens, zygomorphic flowers, basifixed anthers, and a berry-like legume fruit.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Exostyles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.