Biology:Poissonia
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Short description: Genus of legumes
Poissonia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Robinieae |
Genus: | Poissonia Baill. (1870) |
Species | |
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Poissonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees, shrubs, and herbs native to Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical and subtropical forest and shrubland, generally along river and stream banks, and open vegetation in arid areas.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Robinieae.[2]
Species
(As of September 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Poissonia eriantha (Benth.) Hauman
- Poissonia heterantha (Griseb.) Lavin
- Poissonia hypoleuca (Speg.) Lillo
- Poissonia orbicularis (Benth.) Hauman
- Poissonia weberbaueri (Harms) Lavin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Poissonia Baill..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23315-1.
- ↑ "Phylogeny of Robinioid Legumes (Fabaceae) Revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia Recircumscribed, and a Biogeographical Appraisal of the Caribbean Endemics.". Systematic Botany 28 (2): 387–409. 2003. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387. http://www.public.asu.edu/~mfwojci/pdfs/LavinetalSYSBOT2003.pdf. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
Wikidata ☰ Q7208510 entry
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