Humboldtia

Genus of legumes

Humboldtia
Humboldtia decurrens flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Humboldtia
Vahl (1794), nom. cons.
Species[1]

eight; see text

Synonyms[1]

Batschia Vahl (1794), not validly publ.

Humboldtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of trees and shrubs native to India and Sri Lanka.[1] Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka.[1][2] Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers.[1]

  • Humboldtia bourdillonii Prain
  • Humboldtia brunonis Wall.
  • Humboldtia decurrens Bedd. ex Oliv.
  • Humboldtia laurifolia Vahl
  • Humboldtia ponmudiana E.S.S.Kumar, Shareef & Raj Vikr.
  • Humboldtia sanjappae Sasidh. & Sujanapal
  • Humboldtia unijuga Bedd.
  • Humboldtia vahliana Wight

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Humboldtia Vahl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ^ Gaume, L., Zacharias, M., Grosbois, V., & Borges, R. M. (2005). The fitness consequences of bearing domatia and having the right ant partner: experiments with protective and non-protective ants in a semi-myrmecophyte. Oecologia, 145(1), 76-86.
Taxon identifiers
Humboldtia
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