Biology:Batesia

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Short description: Genus of legumes


Batesia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Cassieae
Genus: Batesia
Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1865)
Species:
B. floribunda
Binomial name
Batesia floribunda
Spruce ex Benth. (1865)

Batesia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Batesia floribunda, a tree native to northern South America. It ranges from Colombia and Peru through northern, west-central, and northeastern Brazil and French Guiana.[1] The genus belongs to subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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