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Libidibia ferrea, formerly Caesalpinia ferrea, and commonly known as Brazilian ironwood, leopardtree or jucá, is a tree found in Brazil.

Cratylia bahiensis is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Brazil.

Lackeya multiflora is a climbing herbaceous plant that grows in warm temperate to subtropical riverine woodland, woodland margins and grassland. Its native range is central and south-eastern USA. It is found in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. It has the common name of Boykin's clusterpea (Dioclea multiflora). The genus name of Lackeya is in honour of James A. Lackey (b. 1943), American botanist at Iowa State University and the Smithsonian Institution and also specialist in Fabaceae and Phaseoleae families of plants. The

Lackeya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains two species native to North America. The genus name of Lackeya is in honour of James A. Lackey (b. 1943), American botanist at Iowa State University and the Smithsonian Institution and also specialist in Fabaceae and Phaseoleae families of plants. The Latin specific epithet of multiflora means multiple or many flowers. Both the genus and Lackeya multiflora were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.51 on pages 365-366 in 1996.

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Macropsychanthus grandiflorus is a species of legume native to South America (Bolivia and Brazil). The seeds of Macropsychanthus grandiflorus contain a well-characterized lectin named DGL which is similar to other legume lectins.

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Tabaroa caatingicola is a species of legume found in the Caatinga of Bahia state, Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Tabaroa.

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Marlimorimia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes six species which range from Costa Rica to southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina. Marlimorimia bahiana (G.P.Lewis & M.P.Lima) L.P.Queiroz & L.M.Borges – northeastern Brazil Marlimorimia colombiana (Britton & Killip) L.P.Queiroz & Marc.F.Simon – Colombia (Santander) Marlimorimia contorta (DC.) L.P.Queiroz & P.G.Ribeiro – eastern Bolivia and eastern Brazil Marlimorimia pittieri (Harms) L.P.Queiroz & L.M.Borges – northern Colombia and Venezuela Marlimorimia psilostachya (DC.) L.P.Queiroz & Marc.F.Simon

Lachesiodendron viridiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in genus Lachesiodendron. It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, native to central and southern Mexico and northern South America – Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and west-central and eastern Brazil. Habitats include tropical forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, and grassland.

Afrocalliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes two species, both native to sub-Saharan Africa: Afrocalliandra gilbertii (Thulin & Hunde) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz – central Somalia to northeastern and eastern-central Kenya. Afrocalliandra redacta (J.H.Ross) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz – northwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa

Staminodianthus is a genus of trees (family Fabaceae) found in South America. It includes three species of trees, from small trees to six meters tall to large trees up to 40 m tall. They are native to the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela, where they grow in humid non-flooded terra-firme forests on sandy or sandy loam soils, gallery forests, and highland savannas. A dichotomous key for the species is available.

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Nanogalactia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It includes three species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas. The species have a disjunct distribution – Texas to southwestern Mexico, Colombia, and northeastern and west-central Brazil through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay to northern Argentina. Nanogalactia brachystachys (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz – northern, central, and southwestern Mexico Nanogalactia heterophylla (Gillies ex Hook.) L.P.Queiroz – Texas, northeastern and southwestern Mexico, Colombia, and Bolivia and southeastern Brazil through Paraguay,

Macropsychanthus megacarpus (syn. Dioclea megacarpa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Central America, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, northern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. A climber, it is typically found in wet tropical rainforests. Its seeds contain large amounts of the non-proteinogenic amino acid L-canavanine, which replaces the essential arginine producing abnormal proteins and enzymes and resulting in severe malnutrition to insect pests and other herbivores.

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Cerradicola is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes 16 species native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.

Caetangil is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It is named after the Brazilian singers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil for their cultural contributions and support of environmental causes. It includes two species of subshrubs native to South America, ranging from northern Brazil through Bolivia and Paraguay to northeastern Argentina. Caetangil chacoensis L.P.Queiroz – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina Caetangil paraguariensis (Chodat & Hassl.) L.P.Queiroz – northern Brazil through Bolivia and Paraguay to northeastern Argentina

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