Dialium

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Dialium

Genus of legumes

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]

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Dialium sp. - MHNT

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

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