Libidibia
Sign in to saveLibidibia 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.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
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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.
==Species== Libidibia comprises the following species: Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl.—divi-divi (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America) Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz—Brazilian ironwood, leopard tree var. ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz var. glabrescens (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz var. leiostachya (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz var. parvifolia (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz Libidibia glabrata (Kunth) C.Cast. & G.P.Lewis Libidibia monosperma (Tul.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis Libidibia paraguariensis (D.Parodi) G.P.Lewis—ibirá-berá, guayacaú negro, Argentinian brown ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) Libidibia punctata (Willd.) Britton—quebrahacha Libidibia sclerocarpa (Standl.) Britton & Rose