Fabaceae genera

Dinizia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It was believed to be monotypic until 2017, when Dinizia jueirana-facao was described. Dinizia is native to Brazil (North Region and Central-West Region), Guyana and Suriname. Both species are colossal forest trees.

Vataireopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes four species of small to emergent trees, native to northern South America, ranging from Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas to Bolivia and southern Brazil. They grow in tropical lowland rain forest, in both the Amazon and Atlantic Forest.

Hosackia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It is native to western North America, from British Columbia in Canada to Mexico.

Heterostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to northern South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It is usually green and often has white dots along its leaves.

Gonocytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes three species of shrubs native to the eastern Mediterranean, ranging from Greece through Turkey and the levant. They grow in lowland and submontane Mediterranean woodland and shrubland (maquis), where they are often found on cliffs and dry hillsides.

Aubrevillea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes two species of trees native to west and central Africa, ranging from Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Aubrevillea kerstingii Aubrevillea platicarpa

Didelotia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 13 species native to western and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Desmodiastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is found in India. The genus includes three species of annuals which are native to India, Myanmar, and Java. Desmodiastrum belgaumense – western India Desmodiastrum parviflorum – India, Myanmar, and eastern Java Desmodiastrum racemosum – India

Bussea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of trees and occasionally shrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana in West Africa, from Gabon and Angola to Tanzania and Mozambique in central Africa, and to Madagascar. Habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forests and thickets, moist semi-deciduous forests, and evergreen rain forest.

Lecointea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species native to the tropical Americas. Lecointea amazonica Ducke Lecointea guianensis Lecointea hatschbachii Lecointea lasiogyne Lecointea marcano-bertii Lecointea ovalifolia J.F.Macbr. Lecointea peruviana Standl. ex J.F.Macbr.

Cratylia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to tropical South America, from Peru and northern Brazil to northeastern Argentina.

Loesenera is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees or shrubs native to west and west-central Africa, including Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Nigeria. Its habitat is tropical lowland rain forest, typically along river banks and in swampy areas. Loesenera gabonensis Loesenera kalantha Loesenera talbotii Loesenera walkeri

Cojoba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species, which range through the tropical Americas from northern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and northern Brazil. from

Plagiosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees or shrubs native to west and west-central Africa. They grow in tropical lowland Guineo-Congolian rain forest, often along rivers, on rocky banks, or on hillsides. Four species are limited to Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo in west-central Africa. Plagiosiphon emarginatus also grows in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa.

Arapatiella is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to northeastern Brazil.

Leucochloron is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species native to Brazil. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Leucochloron foederale – west-central and southeastern Brazil Leucochloron incuriale – southeastern and southern Brazil Leucochloron limae – northeastern Brazil (Bahia) Leucochloron minarum – eastern Brazil

Gilbertiodendron is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 35–40 species of tree, native to west and west-central tropical Africa. Members of this genus were formerly considered to be in the genus Macrolobium but that genus is now restricted to species growing in tropical America. The genus Pellegriniodendron is now included within Gilbertiodendron.

Sakoanala is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains two species which are endemic to Madagascar.

Phylloxylon is a genus of flowering plants in the Indigofereae tribe of the family Fabaceae. There are seven species, all endemic to Madagascar.

Exostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species native to Brazil and Suriname. The species primarily inhabit around bodies of water, especially the Amazon River and the east coast of South America. The Genus is charactarized by alternate leaflets, imparipinnate leaves, persistent stipules and stipels, 10 free stamens, zygomorphic flowers, basifixed anthers, and a berry-like legume fruit.

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Macrosamanea is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees and shrubs native to northern South America. The genus is most diverse and numerous in the Amazon Basin, extending into the Orinoco basin and the Guianas. Typical habitat is tropical rain forest, mostly riparian and seasonally-flooded. Two species are native to seasonally-inundated wooded grassland (savanna) on sandy soils. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Campsiandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to northern South America. The genus belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Dalhousiea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes two species, one native to central Africa, and the other to eastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.

Cyathostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains two species native to Peru and Ecuador. It is often considered to be a monotypic genus containing only Cyathostegia mathewsii. Some sources include Cyathostegia weberbaueri.

Otoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species native to southern Africa and Madagascar. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. According to Moteetee and Van Wyk, the generic name Otoptera is derived from a characteristic spur at the base of each wing petal and is derived from the Greek oto meaning 'ear' and ptero meaning 'wing'. The proper words in ancient Greek for 'ear' and 'wing' are however oûs, genitive ōtós (οὖς, genitive ὠτός) and pterón (πτερόν). Members of the Otoptera genus can be identified by the spur at the base of the petals and s

Dicymbe is a genus of 20 species of canopy trees in the family Fabaceae, within subfamily Detarioideae. It is found throughout the Guyana Shield region and parts of W Amazonia. Certain species within the genus are strongly associated with ectomycorrhizal fungi.

Pseudoprosopis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs, lianas, or small trees native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest, gallery forest, seasonally-dry forest, and dense thicket. Three species are native to west-central Africa (Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and DR Congo), two species to West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia), and two species to southeastern Africa (Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique) – one to the Zambezian region and one to the Zanzibar–Inhambane region. The genus belongs to the mimosoid c

Dichilus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes five species native to southern Africa, from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia to South Africa.

Calpocalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains 11 species of trees native to west and west-central tropical Africa. They are typically found in tropical rain forest, often in riverine or littoral areas.

Leonardoxa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae.

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Stirtonanthus is a South African genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They grow in fynbos (Mediterranean-climate shrubland) at medium to high elevations. Each species is highly localized. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

Leucostegane is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to western Malesia – Borneo, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia. Leucostegane grandis – Sumatra and Borneo Leucostegane latistipulata – Peninsular Malaysia

Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains 11 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to northern Argentina. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."

Jacqueshuberia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, including seven species native to northern South America, from Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana to northern Brazil and Peru. Jacqueshuberia amplifolia R.S.Cowan Jacqueshuberia brevipes Jacqueshuberia loretensis R.S.Cowan Jacqueshuberia purpurea Ducke Jacqueshuberia pustulata Stergios & P.E.Berry Jacqueshuberia quinquangulata Ducke Jacqueshuberia splendens Stergios & P.E.Berry

Lennea is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains three species native to central and southern Mexico and Central America. Lennea melanocarpa (Schltdl.) Vatke ex Harms Lennea modesta (Standl. & Steyerm.) Standl. & Steyerm. Lennea viridiflora Seem.

Neoharmsia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees or shrubs endemic to Madagascar. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical woodland and succulent thicket or woodland, on limestone or coastal sand, in the northern and western parts of the island.

Pseudovigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of trailing or climbing perennial herbs native to tropical Africa, in Sierra Leone and Ghana to Nigeria in West Africa, and Kenya to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in east Africa. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

The genus Sphinga comprises species belonging to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Goodia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Goodia are shrubs with trifoliate leaves. The flowers are arranged in racemes, the sepals with two "lips", the standard petal more or less circular and the fruit is a flattened pod.

Aenictophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains two species which are endemic to Australia.

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Phanera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae. This genus differs from Bauhinia in being vines or lianas, generally with tendrils and a lobed rather than spathaceous calyx, and from Schnella in having only three fertile stamens rather than ten, and being native to the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm rather than the Americas. The subsection Corymbosae was recently segregated into a new genus, Cheniella. It has been suggested that the genus Lasiobema should be reduced to a section within Phanera.

Microcharis is a genus of flowering plants. It includes 36 species of herbs and shrublets native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The genus is in tribe Indigofereae of family Fabaceae. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest margins, woodland, thicket, wooded grassland, and grassland, often in damp, swampy, or riverine areas, or in shallow soil over rocks.

Chapmannia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains seven species with a scattered distribution – Mexico, Guatemala, Florida, and Venezuela in the Americas, and Somalia and Socotra in eastern Africa. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.

Libidibia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and scrub, thorn forest (including caatinga), and savanna woodland. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Ateleia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species: Ateleia albolutescens Mohlenbr. Ateleia apetala Griseb. Ateleia arsenii Standl. Ateleia glazioveana Baill. Ateleia gummifera (Bertero ex DC.) D. Dietr. Ateleia guaraya Herzog Ateleia herbert-smithii Pittier Ateleia insularis Standl. Ateleia mcvaughii Rudd Ateleia microcarpa (Pers.) D. Dietr. Ateleia ovata Mohlenbr. Ateleia popenoei Correll Ateleia pterocarpa D. Dietr. Ateleia salicifolia Mohlenbr. Ateleia standleyana Mohlenbr. Ateleia tomentosa Rudd Ateleia truncata Mohlenbr. Ateleia venez

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Guilandina is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Caesalpinieae.

Bikinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It includes ten species native to west-central Africa, from Cameroon through Gabon and Republic of the Congo to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Philenoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees, shrubs, and more rarely lianas native to sub-Saharan Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, wooded grassland, and bushland. Four species are native to the Zambezian region, 3 species to the Sudanian region, 2 species to the Zanzibar-Inhambane and Tongaland-Pondoland regions, 1 species to the Somali-Masai region, 1 species to the Guineo-Congolian region, and 1 to Madagascar.

Viguieranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes 18 species of trees and shrubs native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. 17 species are endemic to Madagascar, and one (Viguieranthus subauriculatus) also extends to the Comoros. Typical habitats are tropical lowland and submontane humid forest and seasonally-dry woodland, thicket, and scrubland. Viguieranthus alternans Viguieranthus ambongensis Viguieranthus brevipennatus Viguieranthus cylindricostachys Viguieranthus densinervus V

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Erythrostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its native range is tropical & subtropical America.

Indigastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Indigofereae of the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, India, and Australia.