''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal

monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic ...

''Pterocarpus'' clade of the

Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many gener ...

. The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundance of orange peltate glands that cover most parts of the plant, and fruits that are large winged samaras to 30 cm long with a spiny basal seed chamber.

Species

''Centrolobium'' comprises the following species: * '' Centrolobium microchaete'' (Mart. ex Benth.) H.C. Lima—canarywood, tarara amarilla * ''

Centrolobium ochroxylum ''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundanc ...

'' Rudd * ''

Centrolobium paraense ''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundanc ...

'' Tul. * ''

Centrolobium robustum ''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundanc ...

'' (Vell.) Mart. ex Benth. * ''

Centrolobium sclerophyllum ''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The genus comprises mostly large trees to 30 m tall, characterised by an abundanc ...

'' H.C. Lima * ''

Centrolobium tomentosum ''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant s ...

'' Guill. ex Benth. * ''

Centrolobium yavizanum ''Centrolobium yavizanum'', the amarillo guayaquil or amarillo puyú, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat lo ...

'' Pittier—amarillo de Guayaquil

References

* * Dalbergieae Fabaceae genera Decorative fruits and seeds Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dalbergieae-stub