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Genus of legumes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydrochorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa.[1] It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[2]
Hydrochorea | |
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Hydrochorea corymbosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Hydrochorea Barneby & J.W.Grimes |
Species[1] | |
11; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Balizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996) |
The synonym Balizia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Albizia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced Albizia julibrissin to Europe in the mid-18th century.[3]
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