Dimorphandra

Dimorphandra is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[2] It includes 26 species native to northern South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southeastern Brazil.^[1]

Dimorphandra
Dimorphandra mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Dimorphandra Schott (1827)
Type species
Dimorphandra exaltata Schott
Species[1]
26; see text

Accepted Species

Dimorphandra comprises the following subgenera and species:^[3][4]

• Subgenus Dimorphandra Tul. 1844
  • Dimorphandra caudata Ducke 1925
  • Dimorphandra exaltata^† Schott 1827
  • Dimorphandra gardneriana Tulasne 1844
  • Dimorphandra jorgei M. Freitas da Silva 1981
  • Dimorphandra loretensis M. Freitas da Silva 1981
  • Dimorphandra mediocris Ducke 1938
  • Dimorphandra mollis Benth. 1840
  • Dimorphandra multiflora Ducke 1922
  • Dimorphandra parviflora Spruce ex Benth 1870
  • Dimorphandra pullei Amshoff 1939
  • Dimorphandra wilsonii Rizzini 1969
• Subgenus Phaneropsia Arch. 1844
  • Dimorphandra conjugata^† (Splitg.) Sandwith 1932
  • Dimorphandra davisii Sprague & Sandwith 1932
  • Dimorphandra disimillis Cowan 1961
  • Dimorphandra unijuga Tulasne 1844
  • Dimorphandra williamii M. F. da Silva, 1981
• Subgenus Pocillum Tul. 1844
  • Dimorphandra campinarum Ducke 1925
  • Dimorphandra coccinea Ducke 1953
  • Dimorphandra cuprea Sprague & Sandwith 1932
    • subsp. cuprea Sprague & Sandwith 1932
    • subsp. ferruginea (Ducke) M. F. da Silva 1986
    • subsp. velutina (Ducke) M.F. da Silva 1986
  • Dimorphandra gigantea Ducke 1935
  • Dimorphandra ignea Ducke 1935
  • Dimorphandra macrostachya Benth. 1840
    • subsp. congestiflora (Ducke) M. F. Silva 1986
    • subsp. glabrifolia (Ducke) M. F. Silva 1986
    • subsp. macrostachya Benth. 1840
  • Dimorphandra pennigera Tulasne 1844
  • Dimorphandra polyandra R. Benois 1917
  • Dimorphandra urubuensis Ducke 1944
  • Dimorphandra vernicosa^† Spruce ex Benth. 1867

^†Indicates the type species of the subgenus.

References

1. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
2. 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. hdl:10568/90658.
3. Sousa da Silva, Guilherme (2019). Contribuição na Delimitação de Espécies do Gênero Neotropical Dimorphandra Schott (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae) [Contributions on the Delimitation of Species of the Neotropical Genus Dimorphandra Schott (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae)] (PDF) (MSc). Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). Retrieved February 1, 2023.
4. "The Plant List entry for Dimorphandra". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2023.