Libidibia

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.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Libidibia
Libidibia paraguariensis in Chaco National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Libidibia
Schltdl. (1830)
Type species
Libidibia coriaria
(Jacq.) Schltdl.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Caesalpinia section Libidibia DC.
  • Stahlia Bello (1881)

Species

Libidibia comprises the following species:[1][2]

  • 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

References
  1. "Libidibia Schltdl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
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