Discolobium pulchellum
| Discolobium pulchellum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Discolobium |
| Species: | D. pulchellum
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| Binomial name | |
| Discolobium pulchellum Benth.
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Discolobium pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to South America[1] and natively occurs in Bolivia, Paraguay, West-Central Brazil and Northeast Argentina.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by George Bentham as Discolobium elongatum, which was renamed in 1937 to its current binomial name.
Etymology
The Latin specific epithet pulchellum means "pretty little" or "beautiful little" and is the diminutive form of the Latin word pulcher, which means "beautiful"[2]
References
- ^ a b "Discolobium pulchellum Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 641.