''Dicymbe'' is a genus of 20 species of canopy
trees
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only p ...
in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
, within subfamily
Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical trees, some of which are used for timber or have ecological importance. The subfamily consists of 84 genera, mos ...
. It is found throughout the
Guyana Shield
The Guiana Shield (; ; ; ) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1.7 billion-year-old Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America that forms a portion of the northern coast. The higher elevations on t ...
region and parts of W
Amazonia
The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses , of which are covered by the rainf ...
. Certain species within the genus are strongly associated with
ectomycorrhizal
An ectomycorrhiza (from Greek ἐκτός ', "outside", μύκης ', "fungus", and ῥίζα ', "root"; ectomycorrhizas or ectomycorrhizae, abbreviated EcM) is a form of symbiotic relationship that occurs between a fungal symbiont, or mycobion ...
fungi.
Species accepted by the
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
as of February 2021:
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Dicymbe altsonii''
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Dicymbe amazonica''
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Dicymbe arenicola''
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Dicymbe bernardii''
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Dicymbe corymbosa
''Dicymbe'' is a genus of 20 species of canopy trees in the family Fabaceae, within subfamily Detarioideae. It is found throughout the Guiana Shield, Guyana Shield region and parts of W Amazon rainforest, Amazonia. Certain species within the genu ...
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Dicymbe duidae''
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Dicymbe fraterna''
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Dicymbe froesii''
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Dicymbe heteroxylon''
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Dicymbe hymenaea''
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Dicymbe jenmanii''
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Dicymbe mollis''
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Dicymbe neblinensis''
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Dicymbe paruensis''
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Dicymbe pharangophila''
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Dicymbe praeruptorum''
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Dicymbe puncticulosa''
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Dicymbe stipitata''
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Dicymbe uaiparuensis''
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Dicymbe yutajensis''
References
External links
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Detarioideae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of Southern America