Strongylodon

Strongylodon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The most well-known species of this genus is Strongylodon macrobotrys, also known as jade vine.

Strongylodon
Strongylodon macrobotrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Strongylodon
Vogel (1936)
Species

S. archboldianus
S. caeruleus
S. celebicus
S. crassifolius
S. craveniae
S. decipiens
S. elmeri
S. juangonzalezii
S. loheri
S. lucidus
S. macrobotrys
S. madagascariensis
S. pulcher
S. ruber
S. zschokkei

Taxonomy

The genus is named by Asa Gray in 1854 describing the jade vine discovered a decade earlier by members of the United States Exploring Expedition led by U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes in Mount Makiling, Luzon; although Gray did not join the voyage himself. The genus name derives from strongylos "round", and odous "tooth",[1] referring to the rounded teeth of the jade vine's calyx.

Species
  • Strongylodon archboldianus Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Strongylodon caeruleus Merr.
  • Strongylodon celebicus Huang
  • Strongylodon crassifolius Perkins
  • Strongylodon craveniae R.Baron & Baker
  • Strongylodon decipiens Verdc.
  • Strongylodon elmeri Merr.
  • Strongylodon loheri Huang
  • Strongylodon lucidus (G.Forst.) Seem.
  • Strongylodon macrobotrys A.Gray
  • Strongylodon madagascariensis Baker
  • Strongylodon pulcher C.B.Rob.
  • Strongylodon ruber Vogel
  • Strongylodon zschokkei Elmer

References
  1. στρογγύλος, ὀδούς in Liddell and Scott.


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