Biology:Balizia elegans

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Short description: Species of legume

Balizia elegans
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Balizia elegans, from western Panama
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Balizia
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Balizia elegans
(Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes, 1996[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Albizia duckeana L. Rico
  • Albizia elegans (Ducke) L. Rico
  • Pithecolobium elegans Ducke

Balizia elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Honduras).

References

  1. Zamora, N. (2021). "Balizia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T152001368A162312702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T152001368A162312702.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152001368/162312702. Retrieved 8 January 2023. 
  2. Barneby & J.W. Grimes Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 40 1996
  3. "Balizia elegans (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:989350-1. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15525311 entry