Dunbaria

Dunbaria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 19 species which range from India to Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[1]

Dunbaria
Dunbaria fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Dunbaria
Wight & Arn. (1834), nom. cons.[1][2]
Species

19; see text.

Uses

Root tubers of Dunbaria species have been used as traditional food for Aborigines of the Northern Territory.[3]

Species

19 species are accepted:[1]

  • Dunbaria bella Prain
  • Dunbaria circinalis (Benth.) Baker
  • Dunbaria cumingiana Benth.
  • Dunbaria debilis Baker
  • Dunbaria ferruginea Wight & Arn.
  • Dunbaria floresiana Maesen
  • Dunbaria fusca (Wall.) Kurz
  • Dunbaria glabra Thuan
  • Dunbaria glandulosa (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Prain
  • Dunbaria gracilipes Lace
  • Dunbaria incana (Zoll. & Moritzi) Maesen
  • Dunbaria lecomtei Gagnep.
  • Dunbaria longicarpa (Thuan) Maesen
  • Dunbaria podocarpa Kurz
  • Dunbaria punctata (Wight & Arn.) Benth.
  • Dunbaria rubella Span. ex Miq.
  • Dunbaria trichodon (Dunn) Maesen
  • Dunbaria truncata (Miq.) Maesen
  • Dunbaria villosa (Thunb.) Makino

References
  1. Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Dunbaria Wight & Arn". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. Wight, R. & Walker-Arnott, G.A. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1
  3. NTFlora Northern Territory Flora online: Flora of the Darwin Region: Fabaceae. Retrieved 10 June 2018
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