# Orphanodendron

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***Orphanodendron*** is a genus of [legume](/source/Legume) in the legume family, [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It includes two species of trees native to [Colombia](/source/Colombia), which grow in tropical lowland forest.[2] The genus is in subfamily [Faboideae](/source/Faboideae).[3]

## Species

*Orphanodendron* comprises the following species:[1][4][5][6][7]

- *[Orphanodendron bernalii](/source/Orphanodendron_bernalii)* Barneby & J.W.Grimes – Colombia (Antioquia)

- *[Orphanodendron grandiflorum](/source/Orphanodendron_grandiflorum)* C.Cast. & G.P.Lewis – Colombia (Boyacá and Santander)

## References

1. Barneby RC, Grimes JW (1990). "*Orphanodendron*, a new genus of caesalpinioid Leguminosae from northwestern Colombia". *Brittonia*. **42** (4): 249–253. [Bibcode:1990Britt..42..249B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990Britt..42..249B). [doi:10.2307/2806809](https://doi.org/10.2307/2806809). [JSTOR 2806809](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2806809)

1. [*Orphanodendron* Barneby & J.W.Grimes](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:956791-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

1. Castellanos C, Lewis GP, Banks H, Steeves R, Bruneau A (2016). "A settled sub-family for the orphan tree: The phylogenetic position of the endemic Colombian genus *Orphanodendron* in the Leguminosae". *Brittonia*. **69**: 1–9. [doi:10.1007/s12228-016-9451-3](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-016-9451-3)

1. Castellanos C, Lewis GP, Banks H, Steeves R, Bruneau A (2015). "*Orphanodendron grandiflorum*, una nueva especie de leguminosa (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) de los Andes de Colombia". *Brittonia*. **67** (1): 37–42. [Bibcode:2015Britt..67...37C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Britt..67...37C). [doi:10.1007/s12228-014-9353-1](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-014-9353-1)

1. ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for *Orphanodendron*"](http://www.ildis.org/AliceWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_507.shtml). *International Legume Database & Information Service*. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

1. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. ["GRIN species records of *Orphanodendron*"](https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8592). *[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network)—(GRIN) [Online Database]*. [National Germplasm Resources Laboratory](/source/Henry_A._Wallace_Beltsville_Agricultural_Research_Center), Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

1. ["The Plant List entry for *Orphanodendron*"](http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Orphanodendron/). *[The Plant List](/source/The_Plant_List)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew) and the [Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden). 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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