Cathormion

Cathormion is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Cathormion umbellatum, a shrub or tree which ranges from India to Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

Cathormion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Cathormion
(Benth.) Hassk. (1855)
Species:
C. umbellatum
Binomial name
Cathormion umbellatum
(Vahl) Kosterm. (1954)
Subspecies[1]
  • Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme (DC.) Brummitt
  • Cathormion umbellatum subsp. umbellatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Feuilleea umbellata (Vahl) Kuntze (1891)
  • Inga umbellata (Vahl) Willd. (1806)
  • Mimosa umbellata Vahl (1791)
  • Pithecellobium umbellatum (Vahl) Benth. (1844)

It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]

Two subspecies are accepted:[1]

  • Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme (DC.) Brummitt โ€“ Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia
  • Cathormion umbellatum subsp. umbellatum โ€“ India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

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