Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Exostyleae |
| Genus: | Lecointea Ducke |
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Its native range stretches from south-eastern Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[3]
The genus name of Lecointea is in honour of Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), a French botanist who worked in Brazil. He was also the director of a museum in Belém.[4] It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.[3]
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