''Lysiloma'' 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 belonging to the family

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. The genus is native to the Americas, and species range from

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."''Lysiloma'' Benth.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 26 August 2021

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Species

There are eight accepted species: * '' Lysiloma acapulcense'' (Kunth) Benth. – Mexico to Nicaragua * '' Lysiloma auritum'' (Schltdl.) Benth. – southern Mexico to Costa Rica * ''

Lysiloma candidum ''Lysiloma candidum'', most commonly known as the palo blanco, is a tree of the family Fabaceae near-endemic to the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It may grow to a height of and is one of the few spineless woody legumes in the region. It ...

'' Brandegee – Baja California Peninsula * ''

Lysiloma divaricatum ''Lysiloma divaricatum'' is a flowering tree native to Mexico and Central America. Common names include mauto, quitaz, and tepemesquite in Mexico, quebracho in Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua, and quebracho negro, tepemisque, and yaj ...

'' (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr. – Mexico to Costa Rica * '' Lysiloma latisiliquum'' (L.) Benth. – false tamarind. Southern Mexico, Belize, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Florida. * '' Lysiloma sabicu'' Benth. – sabicu, horseflesh. Southeastern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Bahamas, Florida * '' Lysiloma tergeminum'' Benth. central and southwestern Mexico * '' Lysiloma watsonii'' Rose – littleleaf false tamarind. Native to southeastern Arizona's Rincon Mountains and in Sonora, Mexico.

Formerly placed here

* ''Lysiloma ambiguum'' and ''L. vogeliana'' were reclassified as '' Parasenegalia vogeliana'' * ''Lysiloma polyphyllum'' was reclassified as '' Parasenegalia visco''

References

External links

* * Fabaceae genera Flora of the Americas {{Mimosoideae-stub