Zollernia

Zollernia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 10 species native to South America, ranging from Venezuela and the Guianas to southern Brazil.[3] Zollernia are trees or shrubs that flower annually. Species are most commonly found in dense moist forests, but also grow in seasonally-dry cerrado (savanna and open woodland) and caatinga (deciduous thorn woodland and scrub).[3]

Zollernia
Zollernia latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Exostyleae
Genus: Zollernia
Wied-Neuw. & Nees (1827)
Species[1][2]
  • Zollernia cowanii Mansano
  • Zollernia glabra (Spreng.) Yakovlev
  • Zollernia glaziovii Yakovlev
  • Zollernia grandifolia Schery
  • Zollernia ilicifolia (Brongn.) Vogel
  • Zollernia kanukuensis R.S.Cowan
  • Zollernia latifolia Benth.
  • Zollernia paraensis Huber
  • Zollernia splendens Wied-Neuw. & Nees
Synonyms[3]
  • Acidandra Mart. ex Spreng. (1830)
  • Coquebertia Brongn. (1833)

Leaves of Zollernia ilicifolia are used medicinally as an analgesic and antiulcerogenic by the peoples of the Brazilian tropical Atlantic Rainforest.

References
  1. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Zollernia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Zollernia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. Zollernia Wied-Neuw. & Nees. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.


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