Dimorphandra is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2] It includes 26 species native to northern South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southeastern Brazil.[1]

Dimorphandra
Dimorphandra mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Dimorphandra
Schott (1827)
Type species
Dimorphandra exaltata
Schott
Species[1]

26; see text

Accepted Species

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Dimorphandra comprises the following subgenera and species:[3][4]

Indicates the type species of the subgenus.

References

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  1. ^ a b Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ Sousa da Silva, Guilherme (2019). Contribuição na Delimitação de Espécies do Gênero Neotropical Dimorphandra Schott (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae) [Contributions on the Delimitation of Species of the Neotropical Genus Dimorphandra Schott (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae)] (PDF) (MSc). Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Plant List entry for Dimorphandra". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2023.