Libidibia

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|taxon = Libidibia

|authority = Schltdl. (1830)

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|type_species = Libidibia coriaria

|type_species_authority = (Jacq.) Schltdl.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text.

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Caesalpinia section Libidibia DC.
Stahlia Bello (1881)

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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. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Species

Libidibia comprises the following species:

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

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{{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 }}

{{cite web |title=Libidibia Schltdl. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22792-1 |access-date=4 September 2023}}

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Category:Caesalpinieae

Category:Fabaceae genera

Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm