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Humboldtia
Sign in to saveHumboldtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of trees and shrubs native to India and Sri Lanka. Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka. Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers. Humboldtia bourdillonii Humboldtia brunonis Humboldtia decurrens Humboldtia laurifolia Humboldtia ponmudiana Humboldtia sanjappae Humboldtia unijuga Humboldtia vahliana
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: and Humboldtia) from Amherstieae to Detarieae with the remaining genera
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Collections
- AMES, F, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Detarieae
- Named after
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Image
- Humboldtia decurrens Flower.jpg
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- Category:Humboldtia
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Humboldtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of trees and shrubs native to India and Sri Lanka. Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka. Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers. Humboldtia bourdillonii Humboldtia brunonis Humboldtia decurrens Humboldtia laurifolia Humboldtia ponmudiana Humboldtia sanjappae Humboldtia unijuga Humboldtia vahliana
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Humboldtia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.