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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Angylocalyceae |
| Genus: | Alexa Moq. (1849) |
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Alexandra R.H.Schomb. (1845), nom. illeg. | |
Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.
Species
Ten species are accepted:
- Alexa bauhiniiflora Ducke - southern Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil (Amazonas)
- Alexa canaracunensis Pittier – southern Venezulela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
- Alexa confusa Pittier – southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (Roraima)
- Alexa cowanii Yakovlev – eastern Venezuela and Guyana
- Alexa grandiflora Ducke – northern Brazil
- Alexa herminiana N. Ramírez – southern Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Alexa imperatricis (R.H. Schomb.) Baill. – Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil
- Alexa leiopetala Sandwith – Guyana
- Alexa surinamensis Yakovlev – Guyana and Suriname
- Alexa wachenheimii Benoist – Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
References
- "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Alexa". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Alexa". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ Alexa Moq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- 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". Phytochemistry. 116: 198–202. Bibcode:2015PChem.116..198K. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.
Data related to Alexa at Wikispecies
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