Alexa (plant)

For other uses, see Alexa (disambiguation).
Alexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Angylocalyceae[1]
Genus: Alexa
Moq.
Species[2][3]
  • Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke
  • Alexa canaracunensis Pittier
  • Alexa confusa Pittier
  • Alexa cowanii Yakovlev
  • Alexa grandiflora Ducke
  • Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez
  • Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill.
  • Alexa leiopetala Sandwith
  • Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev
  • Alexa wachenheimii Benoist

Alexa is a genus of legumes. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. ↑ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Alexa". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. ↑ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Alexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Kite GC, Cardoso D, Lewis GP, Zartman CE, de Queiroz LP, Veitch NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochem. 116: 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.
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