Taxonomy
Luzonia A.D.E. Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 220. 21 Oct 1907.
Subfamily: Faboideae.
Phylogenetic Number: 3.10.23.
Tribe: Phaseoleae.
Subtribe: Diocleinae.
Species Studied - Species in Genus: 0 studied; 1 in genus.
Description
Fruit: Epicarp eglandular.
Distribution
Philippines.
Old World; Indonesia and the Philippines (Philippines).
Generic Notes
Merrill (
1910) includes this note: "The fruit is as yet unknown.".
Tribal Notes
Tribe Phaseoleae
Bruneau et al. (
1995) carried out cladistic analyses of tribe Phaseoleae using chloroplast DNA restriction site data. Their results indicated that the tribe is not monophyletic and that the tribal delimitations between Phaseoleae and Desmodieae (11) and between Phaseoleae and Millettieae (7) are problematic.