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Dialium

Dialium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species which range from the tropical Americas to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India, Indochina, and western Malesia.

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Dialium
Dialium guineense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Dialium
L.
Synonyms1
  • Andradia Sim (1909)
  • Arouna Aubl. (1775)
  • Cleyria Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Codarium Sol. ex Vahl (1804)
  • Correa M.E.Becerra (1936), no Latin descr.
  • Dansera Steenis (1948)
  • Rhynchocarpa Backer ex K. Heyne (1927), nom. illeg.
  • Sciaplea Rauschert (1982)
  • Sennia Chiov. (1932), non Pascher (1912).
Dialium sp. - MHNT source ↗

Dialium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.2 Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species which range from the tropical Americas to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India, Indochina, and western Malesia.1

Species

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:1

  • Dialium angolense Welw. ex Oliv.
  • Dialium bipindense Harms
  • Dialium cochinchinense Pierre
  • Dialium congestum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
  • Dialium dinklagei Harms
  • Dialium englerianum Henriq.
  • Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert
  • Dialium graciliflorum Harms
  • Dialium guianense (Aubl.) Sandwith
  • Dialium guineense Willd.
  • Dialium heterophyllum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
  • Dialium hexaestaminatum M.J.Falcão & Mansano
  • Dialium hexasepalum Harms
  • Dialium holtzii Harms
  • Dialium hydnocarpoides de Wit
  • Dialium indum L. - type species
  • Dialium kasaiense Louis ex Steyaert
  • Dialium kunstleri Prain
  • Dialium latifolium Harms
  • Dialium lopense Breteler
  • Dialium madagascariense Baill. ex Drake
  • Dialium occidentale (Capuron) Du Puy & R.Rabev.
  • Dialium orientale Baker f.
  • Dialium ovoideum Thwaites
  • Dialium pachyphyllum Harms
  • Dialium pentandrum Louis ex Steyaert
  • Dialium platysepalum Baker
  • Dialium pobeguinii Pellegr.
  • Dialium poggei Harms
  • Dialium polyanthum Harms (synonym Dialium corbisieri Staner)
  • Dialium reygaertii De Wild.
  • Dialium rondoniense M.J.Falcão & Mansano
  • Dialium schlechteri Harms
  • Dialium tessmannii Harms
  • Dialium travancoricum Bourd.
  • Dialium unifoliolatum Capuron
  • Dialium zenkeri Harms
References

References

  1. "Dialium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. 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.
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