Hydrochorea elegans
Hydrochorea elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of southern Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica) and northern South America (Bolivia, French Guiana, and northern Brazil). The species was formerly known as Balizia elegans, and reassigned to genus Hydrochorea in 2022.[2]
| Hydrochorea elegans | |
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| Hydrochorea elegans from western Panama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Hydrochorea |
| Species: | H. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrochorea elegans (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim (2022) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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References
- Zamora, N. (2021). "Balizia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T152001368A162312702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T152001368A162312702.en. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- "Hydrochorea elegans (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, Iganci & M.P.Morim". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- Barneby & J.W. Grimes Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 40 1996
External links
Data related to Hydrochorea elegans at Wikispecies
Media related to Hydrochorea elegans at Wikimedia Commons- Balizia elegans at The Plant List
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