Libidibia

Libidibia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Libidibia
Libidibia paraguariensis in Chaco National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae[1]
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae[2]
Genus:	Libidibia (DC. 1825) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
Type species
Libidibia coriaria (Jacq. 1763) Schltdl. 1830
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Caesalpinia section Libidibia DC. 1825 Stahlia Bello 1881

Species

Libidibia comprises the following species:[2]

• Libidibia coriaria (Jacq. 1763) Schltdl. 1830—Divi-divi (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America)
• Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul. 1844) L. P. Queiroz 2009—Brazilian ironwood, leopard tree
  • var. ferrea (Mart. ex Tul. 1844) L. P. Queiroz 2009
  • var. glabrescens (Benth.) L. P. Queiroz 2009
  • var. leiostachya (Benth.) L. P. Queiroz 2010
  • var. parvifolia (Benth.) L. P. Queiroz 2009
• Libidibia glabrata (Kunth 1823) C. Castellanos & G. P. Lewis 2012
• Libidibia monosperma (Tul. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
• Libidibia paraguariensis (D. Parodi 1862) G. P. Lewis 2008—Ibirá-berá, guayacaú negro, Argentinian brown ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Libidibia punctata (Willd. 1809) Britton 1924—Quebrahacha, Kibrahacha in Aruba
• Libidibia sclerocarpa (Standl. 1919) Britton & Rose 1930

References

1. 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.
2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys. 71 (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.

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