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Uribea

Uribea tamarindoides is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, where it grows in tropical lowland rain forest. It is the only member of genus Uribea. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Exostyleae
Genus: Uribea
Dugand & Romero (1962)
Species:
U. tamarindoides
Binomial name
Uribea tamarindoides
Dugand & Romero (1962)

Uribea tamarindoides is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, where it grows in tropical lowland rain forest.1 It is the only member of genus Uribea. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.23

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  1. Uribea Dugand & Romero. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Uribea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Uribea". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 1 February 2014.