PhytoKeys (Aug 2022)

Boliviadendron, a new segregate genus of mimosoid legume (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) narrowly endemic to the interior Andean valleys of Bolivia

  • Élvia Rodrigues de Souza,
  • Priscilla Gomes C. de Almeida,
  • Lamarck Rocha,
  • Erik J.M. Koenen,
  • Margoth Atahuachi Burgos,
  • Gwilym P. Lewis,
  • Colin E. Hughes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.82256
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 205
pp. 439 – 452

Abstract

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Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data sampling all species of Leucochloron alongside representatives of genera of the Inga and Albizia clades of the larger ingoid clade of mimosoid legumes (sensu Koenen et al. 2020) confirm the non-monophyly of the genus Leucochloron. We show that Leucochloron bolivianum is placed in the Albizia clade, while the remaining four species of Leucochloron are placed in the Inga clade, in line with previous results. To rectify this non-monophyly, L. bolivianum is segregated as the new genus, Boliviadendron, with a single species, Boliviadendron bolivianum, narrowly endemic to the interior Andean valleys of Bolivia. We illustrate this new segregate genus, present a map of its distribution and discuss the striking lack of morphological distinctions between Boliviadendron and Leucochloron, as well as the phylogenetic and morphological affinities of Boliviadendron to the genera Enterolobium and Albizia.