''Stryphnodendron'' 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 ...

in the legume family,

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. It includes 28 species of trees and suffrutices native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest and riparian forest, seasonally dry forest,

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

(open woodland and savanna), and

caatinga Caatinga () is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" comes from the Tupi word '' ka'atinga'', meaning "white forest" or "white vegetat ...

(thorn scrub). 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 ...

Species

''Stryphnodendron'' comprises the following species: * ''

Stryphnodendron adstringens ''Stryphnodendron adstringens'' () is a species of legume in the genus ''Stryphnodendron'' found in Brazil. '' Holcocera cerradicola'' is a moth, whose larvae feed on ''S. adstringens''. Chemistry ''Stryphnodendron adstringens'' stem bark is us ...

'' * '' Stryphnodendron barbatulum'' * '' Stryphnodendron confertum'' * '' Stryphnodendron conicum'' * '' Stryphnodendron cristalinae'' * '' Stryphnodendron dryaticum'' * ''

Stryphnodendron excelsum ''Stryphnodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 28 species of trees and suffrutices native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Typical habitats ...

'' * '' Stryphnodendron flammatum'' * '' Stryphnodendron flavotomentosum'' * '' Stryphnodendron foreroi'' * '' Stryphnodendron glandulosum'' * '' Stryphnodendron guianense'' * '' Stryphnodendron harbesonii'' (not accepted) * '' Stryphnodendron heringeri'' * '' Stryphnodendron holosericeum'' * '' Stryphnodendron levelii'' * '' Stryphnodendron microstachyum'' * '' Stryphnodendron orinocense'' * '' Stryphnodendron platycarpum'' * '' Stryphnodendron platyspicum'' * ''

Stryphnodendron polyphyllum ''Stryphnodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 28 species of trees and suffrutices native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Typical habitats ...

'' * '' Stryphnodendron porcatum'' * ''

Stryphnodendron pulcherrimum ''Stryphnodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 28 species of trees and suffrutices native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Typical habitats ...

'' * '' Stryphnodendron riparium'' * '' Stryphnodendron roseiflorum'' * '' Stryphnodendron rotundifolium'' * '' Stryphnodendron velutinum'' * '' Stryphnodendron venosum''

References

External links

* * Fabaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Flora of Southern America {{Mimosoideae-stub