Camptosema Explained

Camptosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species native to South America, ranging from northeastern Brazil to Bolivia and northeastern Argentina. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae.^[1]

• Camptosema goiasana – eastern Bolivia and west-central Brazil
• Camptosema nobile – west-central Brazil (Mato Grosso)
• Camptosema rubicundum – eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, west-central and southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay
• Camptosema sanctae-barbarae – west-central Brazil (Goiás)
• Camptosema spectabile – eastern Brazil

Notes and References

1. de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, ((de C Lima AL)), Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN . 2015 . A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships . Mol Phylogenet Evol . 90 . 1–19 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016 . 25934529 . 2015MolPE..90....1D .