''Hydrochorea'' 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
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 ...
.
It contains a mere 3
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
at present:
[ILDIS (2005)]
* ''
Hydrochorea corymbosa''
(Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
* ''
Hydrochorea gonggrijpii''
(Kleinhoonte) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
* ''
Hydrochorea marginata''
(Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
''Hydrochorea acreana'' is provisionally placed in ''
Abarema
''Abarema'' is a neotropical genus of large trees in the family ( Fabaceae). They grow from Mexico ('' Abarema idiopoda'') to Bolivia. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernli ...
'', as ''
Abarema acreana''.
Footnotes
References
* (2005)
Genus ''Hydrochorea'' Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31.
Mimosoids
Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by James Walter Grimes
Taxa named by Rupert Charles Barneby
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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