Poitea

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Poitea florida.jpg

| image_caption = Poitea florida

| taxon = Poitea

| authority = Vent. (1807)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 12; see text

| subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23317-1 Poitea Vent.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

| synonyms =

• Bembicidium Rydb. (1920)
• Cajalbania Urb. (1928)
• Corynella DC. (1825)
• Corynitis {{small|Spreng. (1827)}}
• Notodon Urb. (1899)
• Sabinea DC. (1825)
• Sauvallella Rydb. (1924)
• Toxotropis {{small|Turcz. (1846)}}
• Vilmorinia DC. (1825)

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Poitea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 12 species of trees and shrubs native to the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical lowland to montane forest, thicket, and thorn scrub, often in secondary vegetation and on steep slopes or roadsides. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Poitea Poitea at Plant List

• Poitea campanilla {{small|DC.}}
• Poitea carinalis {{small|(Griseb.) Lavin}}
• Poitea dubia {{small|(Poir.) Lavin}}
• Poitea florida {{small|(Vahl) Lavin}}
• Poitea galegoides {{small|Vent.}}
• Poitea glyciphylla {{small|(Poir.) Urb.}}
• Poitea gracilis {{small|(Griseb.) Lavin}}
• Poitea immarginata {{small|(C.Wright) Lavin}}
• Poitea longiflora {{small|Urb.}}
• Poitea multiflora {{small|(Sw.) Urb.}}
• Poitea paucifolia {{small|(DC.) Lavin}}
• Poitea punicea {{small|(Urb.) Lavin}}