Libidibia
| Libidibia | |
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| Libidibia paraguariensis in Chaco National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.
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
- ^ a b c "Libidibia Schltdl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ a b 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.