Koompassia
Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species with range across southeast Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2] They are tall tropical rainforest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.
| Koompassia | |
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| Koompassia excelsa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialioideae |
| Genus: | Koompassia Maingay ex Benth. (1873) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Abauria Becc. (1877) | |
The genus contains the following three species:[1]
- Koompassia excelsa (Becc.) Taub. – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines
- Koompassia grandiflora Kosterm. – New Guinea
- Koompassia malaccensis Maingay – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo
References
- Koompassia Maingay ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
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