''Hymenolobium'' 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 14 species of trees native to Central America and northern South America, ranging from Honduras to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Most species are native to Brazil, the Guianas, and Venezuela, with one extending into Peru, another into Ecuador, and one native to Central America. Trees are typically very tall and emergent in tropical humid lowland rain forest. The genus belongs to the subfamily

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely ...

. It was formerly assigned to the tribe

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 genera ...

, but recent

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

evidence has placed it in a unique clade named the ''Andira'' clade.

Species

14 species are accepted. * '' Hymenolobium alagoanum'' Ducke ** var. ''alagoanum'' Ducke ** var. ''parvifolium'' H. C. Lima * '' Hymenolobium excelsum'' Ducke * '' Hymenolobium flavum'' Kleinhoonte * '' Hymenolobium grazielanum'' H.C.Lima * '' Hymenolobium heringeranum'' Rizzini * '' Hymenolobium heterocarpum'' Ducke * '' Hymenolobium janeirense'' Kuhlm. * '' Hymenolobium mesoamericanum'' H.C.Lima * '' Hymenolobium modestum'' Ducke * '' Hymenolobium nitidum'' Benth. * '' Hymenolobium petraeum'' Ducke * '' Hymenolobium pulcherrimum'' * '' Hymenolobium sericeum'' Ducke * '' Hymenolobium velutinum''

References

Faboideae Fabaceae genera Flora of Southern America {{Faboideae-stub