''Hydrochorea'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily

Caesalpinioideae Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name '' Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae a ...

. * ''

Hydrochorea acreana ''Hydrochorea acreana'', known as the Ingá-fava, is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,Hydrochorea corymbosa'' (Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes * ''

Hydrochorea elegans ''Hydrochorea elegans'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of southern Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica) and northern South America (Bolivia, ...

'' * '' Hydrochorea gonggrijpii'' (Kleinhoonte) Barneby & J.W.Grimes * '' Hydrochorea leucocalyx'' * '' Hydrochorea marginata'' (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes * '' Hydrochorea marginata'' * '' Hydrochorea obliquifoliolata'' * '' Hydrochorea panurensis'' * '' Hydrochorea pedicellaris'' * '' Hydrochorea rhombifolia'' * '' Hydrochorea uaupensis''

Etymology

The synonym ''Balizia'' is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus ''

Albizia ''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and A ...

''. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced ''

Albizia julibrissin ''Albizia julibrissin'', the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the Fabaceae family, native to Western Asia, southwestern and East Asia, eastern Asia. Taxonomy It was introduced to Europe in the mid-18th ...

'' to Europe in the mid-18th century.

References

Mimosoids Fabaceae genera Taxa named by James Walter Grimes Taxa named by Rupert Charles Barneby Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Mimosoideae-stub