# Lecointea

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***Lecointea*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.[1][2]

- *[Lecointea amazonica](/source/Lecointea_amazonica)* Ducke
- *[Lecointea guianensis](/source/Lecointea_guianensis)* M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- *[Lecointea hatschbachii](/source/Lecointea_hatschbachii)* Barneby
- *[Lecointea lasiogyne](/source/Lecointea_lasiogyne)* (Barneby) M.Yu.Gontsch. & Yakovlev
- *[Lecointea marcano-bertii](/source/Lecointea_marcano-bertii)* Barneby
- *[Lecointea ovalifolia](/source/Lecointea_ovalifolia)* J.F.Macbr.
- *[Lecointea peruviana](/source/Lecointea_peruviana)* Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.

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.[1]

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](/source/Bel%C3%A9m).[3] It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.[1]

## References

1. ["*Lecointea* Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294713-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

1. ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for *Lecointea*"](http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Lecointea&species~). *International Legume Database & Information Service*. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). [*Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018) [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2018](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018). ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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