Genus of legumes
Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas.
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.
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. It was first described and published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro Vol.3 on page 128 in 1922.
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