Humboldtia

Humboldtia
Humboldtia decurrens flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Humboldtia
Vahl (1794), nom. cons.
Species

eight; see text

Synonyms

Batschia Vahl (1794), not validly publ.

Humboldtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of trees and shrubs native to India and Sri Lanka. Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka. Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Humboldtia Vahl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Gaume, Laurence; Zacharias, Merry; Grosbois, Vladimir; Borges, Renee M. (August 2005). "The fitness consequences of bearing domatia and having the right ant partner: experiments with protective and non-protective ants in a semi-myrmecophyte". Oecologia. 145 (1): 76–86. Bibcode:2005Oecol.145...76G. doi:10.1007/s00442-005-0107-3. PMID 15909135.

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