Haematoxylum

{{short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Haematoxylum brasiletto-flowers-leaves.jpg

|image_caption = Haematoxylum brasiletto

|taxon = Haematoxylum

|authority = L. (1753)

|type_species = Haematoxylum campechianum

|type_species_authority = L. (1753)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = see text

|synonyms =

• Cymbosepalum Baker (1895)
• Haematoxylon L. (1764), orth. var.

}}

File:Haematoxylum brasiletto MHNT.BOT.2009.17.25.jpg]]

Haematoxylum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }} and the tribe Caesalpinieae.{{cite journal | vauthors = Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP | year = 2016 | title = A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 71 | pages = 1–160 | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 | pmid = 28814915 | pmc = 5558824 | doi-access = free }} It includes five species, four of which are native to the tropical Americas from Mexico to Colombia, and one to Namibia.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60452862-2 Haematoxylum L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.