Lecointea ovalifolia
Encyclopedia
Lecointea ovalifolia is a legume of the Fabaceae
family found exclusively in Peru
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Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
family found exclusively in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Lecointea ovalifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.