Discolobium pulchellum

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Discolobium pulchellum
File:Discolobium pulchellum.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Discolobium
Species:
D. pulchellum
Binomial name
Discolobium pulchellum
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Discolobium pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to South America[1] and natively occurs in Bolivia, Paraguay, West-Central Brazil and Northeast Argentina.[1]

Taxonomy

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The species was first described by George Bentham as Discolobium elongatum, which was renamed in 1937 to its current binomial name.

Etymology

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The Latin specific epithet pulchellum means "pretty little" or "beautiful little" and is the diminutive form of the Latin word pulcher, which means "beautiful"[2]

References

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  2. ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 641.

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