''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
. It 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 wide ...
. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods.
Species
''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Eysenhardtia adenostylis''
Baill.
* ''
Eysenhardtia drummondii''
Torr. & A. Gray
* ''
Eysenhardtia officinalis''
Cruz Durán & M. Sousa
* ''
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa''
(A.Gray
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His '' Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exc ...
) S.Watson—Tahitian kidneywood
* ''
Eysenhardtia parvifolia
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods.
Species
''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species:
* '' Eysenhardtia ad ...
''
Brandegee
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Eysenhardtia peninsularis
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods.
Species
''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species:
* '' Eysenhardtia ad ...
''
Brandegee
* ''
Eysenhardtia platycarpa
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods.
Species
''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species:
* '' Eysenhardtia ad ...
''
Pennell & Saff.
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Eysenhardtia polystachya
''Eysenhardtia polystachya'', the kidneywood, is a tree from Mexico, growing along forest edges and water courses at elevations of 150–3000 m. Previously it was used as a source of lignum nephriticum.
References
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polystachya
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( Ortega) Sarg.
* ''
Eysenhardtia punctata''
Pennell
* ''
Eysenhardtia schizocalyx''
Pennell
* ''
Eysenhardtia spinosa''
A. Gray—spiny kidneywood
* ''
Eysenhardtia subcoriacea''
Pennell
* ''
Eysenhardtia texana
''Eysenhardtia texana'', commonly known as Texas kidneywood, bee-brush, or vara dulce, is a species of small flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is found from south-central Texas south to northern San Luis Potosí in the Rio Grande ...
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Scheele
Scheele is a surname of Germanic origin. Notable people with the surname include:
*Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist
* George Heinrich Adolf Scheele (1808–1864), German botanist
* Karin Scheele (b. 1968) ...
—Texas kidneywood
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
* ''Eysenhardtia spinosa''
Engelm.
George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora (plants), flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; ...
References
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Fabaceae genera
Trees of Guatemala
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