| Koompassia | |
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| Koompassia excelsa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialioideae |
| Genus: | Koompassia Maingay ex Benth. (1873) |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Abauria Becc. (1877) | |
Koompassia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species with range across southeast Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.2 They are tall tropical forest trees; K. excelsa is one of the tallest tree species in the tropics.
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:1
- Koompassia excelsa (Becc.) Taub. – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines
- Koompassia grandiflora Kosterm. – New Guinea
- Koompassia malaccensis Maingay – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo
References
References
- Koompassia Maingay ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.